Scotland’s gender reform bill was not blocked due to policy row, court told

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Lawyer for UK government calls claim a ‘red herring’ as Holyrood seeks to overturn vetoClaiming Scotland’s gender recognition reform bill was blocked because Westminster disagreed with it is a “red herring’, according to a lawyer acting for the UK governmentOn the second day of the Scottish government’s legal challenge to No 10’s veto of the bill, David Johnston KC told the court of session in Edinburgh that the first ever use of the section 35 power was in “no way unconstitutional”. Continue reading...

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