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The potential on women and girls. the bill risk creating complications from having two different gender recognition regimes and allowing more fraudulent or bad faith applications. the government is publishing a full statement of reasons, alongside the order, which will set in full the adverse affects the government is concerned about. i would like to address the claims put forward by those who seek to politicise this decision and claim that this is some kind of constitutional outrage. you can hear them, mr speaker. the section 35 was included in the scotland act which established the scottish parliament. this is the first time the power has been used. it is not new in this government has not created it, they have existed as long as devolution. we should be clear, the power was
Included by the architect of devolution for a reason, he noted the power stroke and important balance. the section 35 provide a sensible measure to ensure devolved legislation does not have adverse effects, including the equality act 2010. it isn t about preventing scottish government from legislating but ensuring we do not have legal frameworks in one part of the uk which have adverse effects on reserved matters. we should be clear, this is not about the united kingdom government being able to veto the scottish parliament whenever it chooses, as some have implied. it can only be used on specific grounds, and this is the first time it has been used in nearly 25 years, which emphasises it won t be used lightly. in the instance of the gender recognition
It appears to me this has only become a last resort because both governments can t work with each other. the secretary of state says the section 35 is being used in relation to the equality arced. they are land made pieces of labour legislation, establishing devolution. nobody has to question this party s commitment to equality. we passed the initial law, we brought in the disability discolouration arced. clearly, a need for laws passed by holyrood and westminster to interact disability discrimination act. part of the reason that after 25 years of devolution section 35 hasn t been exercised is because of the way devolution was set up. governments with their own agendas working together to serve the scottish
People. now scotland is saddled with an administration hell bent on breaking devolution and london choosing to ignore it. the secretary of state works more on stopping things happen than make them work. in this case, it is the public who are let down. trans people who are suffered discrimination would not see this legislation take place anytime soon, and women s rights group will not see their fears alleviated. i would suggest the snp should think about challenging the laws passed, as is their right. if we are to accept the argument there