Category: Gender recognition • Page 6
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MBM submission to Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
Our submission to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill can be read below. A copy of the submission can also...
20th May 2022
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The potential for GRA reform to affect who can access single sex services: briefing for MSPs
The note below was sent yesterday to all MSPs on behalf of a number of women’s groups, following the first public session of Stage 1 of the Gender Recognition...
20th May 2022
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MBM submission on Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
Our written evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee can be found here. Our submission highlights that: The equality impact assessment (EqIA) of the...
16th May 2022
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How to submit evidence on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
The Scottish Parliament Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice (EHRCJ) Committee is currently inviting written submissions on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. The deadline is Monday 16 May...
27th April 2022
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Cross-border effects of GRA reform in Scotland: unanswered questions
We have written previously about the potential cross border effects of the Scottish Government’s proposals to introduce a self-declaration model of legal sex change. In 2003, the then Scottish...
27th April 2022
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MBM response to EHRC guidance for providers of separate and single-sex services
We welcome the new EHRC guidance for providers of separate and single-sex services. The guidance helpfully provides more detailed discussion of the issues, compared to previous EHRC guidance, and...
4th April 2022
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Making law in the dark
The Scottish Government argues that its proposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA), which open up Gender Recognition Certificates (GRC) to a much larger, more diverse group...
7th March 2022
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MBM response to the introduction of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
Today’s statement and the response in Parliament lays to rest any argument that legislation in this area should not be properly debated. We were pleased that MSPs across the...
3rd March 2022
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Gender recognition reform: 14 unanswered questions
1. What are the legal effects of a Gender Recognition Certificate? The Scottish Government has not explained on what basis it believes that a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) confers...
2nd March 2022
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“By the summer” Will the GRA Bill be denied proper parliamentary scrutiny?
On 26 January 2022, the EHRC wrote to the Scottish Government setting out its position on GRA reform. The letter followed on from a meeting between the Commission and...
13th February 2022