UK government faces legal action after blocking Scotland’s gender recognition law
Scotland’s government is to press ahead with a legal challenge to Westminster’s decision to veto gender ID reforms.
Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said the controversial Gender Recognition Reform Bill “was passed by an overwhelming majority of the Scottish Parliament, with support from members of all parties”.
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Westminster’s use of a Section 35 order to block the legislation represents “an unprecedented challenge to the Scottish Parliament’s ability to legislate on clearly devolved matters and it risks setting a dangerous constitutional precedent”, she added.
Ms Somerville confirmed that Scottish ministers would “lodge a petition for a judicial review” of the decision by Rishi Sunak’s administration.
She said offers to work with the UK government on potential changes to the bill had been “refused outright” and that a legal challenge was “our only reasonable means of resolving this situation”.
With a bit of luck this will bankrupt them and send them into the history books forever 🙂