Category: Gender recognition • Page 5
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MBM response to evidence from the Cabinet Secretary on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
Our response to the evidence from Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. The evidence from the Cabinet...
28th June 2022
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Stage 1 of the Gender Recognition Reform Bill: A Balancing Act?
On 28 June Shona Robison, the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government will give evidence to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice (EHRCJ) Committee on...
25th June 2022
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Gender recognition reform in an international context
This week the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee will take evidence from a number of witnesses who are likely to assert that international developments mean Scotland should...
20th June 2022
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Lessons from Denmark?
On Tuesday 21 June 2022, the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee will take evidence from Dr Chris Dietz of the University of Leeds, whose research addresses the...
18th June 2022
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Gender recognition reform and data collection
At the next evidence session on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill (7 June) the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice (EHRCJ) Committee will take evidence from...
5th June 2022
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Who is giving evidence to the Committee on gender recognition reform?
The Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee is currently conducting its Stage 1 examination of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland ) Bill. Written submisisons The call for written...
2nd June 2022
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Joint statement by MBM, Keep Prisons Single Sex, LGB Alliance and For Women Scotland
Gender reconition reform: evidence to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee, 31st May 2022 We were pleased to have the opportunity to give evidence to the EHRCJ...
31st May 2022
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Lucy Hunter Blackburn: Oral evidence to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee, 31st May 2022
“Think of it this way. If a GRC is a sort of key, and you are going to hand out lots more copies, to a more diverse group, the...
31st May 2022
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Joint note on Scottish Government handling of gender recognition reform
The note below was sent to Joe Fitzpatrick MSP, Convener of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee. The note highlights the Scottish Government’s inadequate policy processes, its...
30th May 2022
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Has the Scottish Government undertaken any further analysis on gender recognition reform since 2019?
On 2 March 2022 the Scottish Government published the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. On introducing the Bill Social Justice Secretary Shona Robison stated: ‘This Bill does not introduce...
20th May 2022