Tag: Stage 2
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Passport control: checking the argument for self-declared gender recognition certificates
At Stage 2 of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill Scottish Labour MSP Michael Marra lodged two amendments that sought to align the process for obtaining a gender recognition...
19th November 2022
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Women, sex and the Equality Network: lifting the fig leaf
Discussion on the relationship between the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill and the Equality Act has largely focused on the law as it is. This blog looks instead at...
17th November 2022
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Setting the minimum age for a GRC: a question of responsibility
One of the most contested issues in relation to the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill concerns the proposal to lower the minimum age for acquiring a Gender Recognition Certificate...
8th November 2022
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Response to emergency consultation on protection of freedom of expression in the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill (February 2021)
Our response to the Justice Committee’s emergency consultation on freedom of expression in Bill is provided below. A PDF version of the briefing can be downloaded here. The Issue...
20th February 2021
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Debate or no debate (February 2021)
Tomorrow the Justice Committee was due to debate a range of amendments seeking to strengthen the protection for freedom of expression in the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill...
1st February 2021
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Hate Crime and Public Order Bill: Stage 2 Briefing. The need for tailored freedom of expression protection for transgender identity (January 2021)
Briefing on the need for tailored freedom of expression protection for transgender identity
31st January 2021
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Protecting Freedom of Expression: When less is less (January 2021)
The Justice Committee will start to consider potential amendments to Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill on Tuesday 2 February. How many more sittings there are will depend...
27th January 2021