Commons publishes research briefing on UK government section 35 veto of Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill

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The House of Commons Library has published a research briefing on the UK government’s use of section 35 of the Scotland Act 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 briefing gives an overview and background to the nature of a section 35 order, a summary of gender and equality legislation and the Bill that was passed in Holyrood, the decision to issue the section 35 order, and the possibility of an application by the Scottish government for judicial review on the matter.