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Briefing on section 35 veto of Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill updated

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Published on: 17 February 2023

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LNB News 17/02/2023

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Issue Date: 17 February 2023

Published Date: 17 February 2023

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Scotland

Article summary

The House of Commons Library has published an update to a research briefing on the UK government’s use of section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998 (SA 1998) to pass an order prohibiting the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from submitting the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill for Royal Assent. The update included new oral evidence, the consideration of the Bill by the House of Lords’ Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee and the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, and further reaction and commentary.

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