Gender Recognition Reform Bill – links
Handy page of links for the Gender Recognition (Scotland) Bill as it passes through Parliament.
Pre-Committee stage:
- 09 November 2017 – 01 March 2018 First consultation: Consultation document I Organisational responses I Analysis of responses
- 20 June 2019 Cabinet Secretary statement in Parliament: Official report I Video
- 17 December 2019 – 17 March 2020 Second consultation: Consultation document I Organisational responses I Analysis of responses
- 03 March 2022 Cabinet Secretary statement in Parliament introducing the Bill: Official report I Video
STAGE 1: Examination of the Bill by the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Committee website I Committee correspondence I Bill page I Bill, as introduced
21 March – 16 May 2022 Call for Views: Remit I Summary of short survey responses I Detailed responses
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15 March 2022 Private meeting with Scottish Government Bill team
26 April and 03 May 2022 Private meeting with trans identifying people
17 May 2022 Oral evidence: Official report I Video
- Vic Valentine, Scottish Trans Manager, Scottish Trans Alliance
- Dr Mhairi Crawford, Chief Executive, LGBT Youth Scotland
- Colin Macfarlane, Director, Stonewall Scotland
- Melanie Field, Chief Strategy and Policy Officer, Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Alasdair MacDonald, Director of Policy and Human Rights Monitoring, Equality and Human Rights Commission
24 May 2022 Oral evidence: Official report I Video
- Bruce Adamson, Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland
- Ellie Gomersall, President-Elect of NUS Scotland and President of UWS Students’ Association
- Hugh Torrance, Executive Director, LEAP Sports Scotland
- Malcolm Dingwall-Smith, Strategic Partnerships Manager, sportscotland
31 May 2022 Oral evidence: Official report I Video
- Susan Smith, Co-Director, For Women Scotland
- Lucy Hunter Blackburn, MurrayBlackburnMackenzie
- Malcolm Clark, Head of Research, LGB Alliance
- Dr Kate Coleman, Director, Keep Prisons Single Sex
- Catherine Murphy, Executive Director, Engender
- Sandy Brindley, Chief Executive, Rape Crisis Scotland
- Naomi McAuliffe, Scotland Programme Director, Amnesty International Scotland
- Jen Ang, Director of Policy and Development, JustRight Scotland
07 June 2022 Oral evidence: Official report I Video
- Paul Lowe, Registrar General for Scotland and Keeper of the Records of Scotland, National Records of Scotland
- James Kerr, Deputy Chief Executive, Scottish Prison Service
- Robert Strachan, Head of Strategy and Improvement, Scottish Prison Service
- Dr Kevin Guyan, University of Glasgow
- Anthony Horan, Director, Catholic Parliamentary Office of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland
- Reverend Karen Hendry, Vice-Convener of the Faith Impact Forum, Minister of Yoker Parish Church, Church of Scotland
- Chris Ringland, Public Policy Officer, Scotland, Evangelical Alliance
- Fraser Sutherland, Chief Executive Officer, Humanist Society of Scotland
07 June 2022 Private meeting with an anonymous person
14 June 2022 Oral evidence: Official report I Video
- Professor Sharon Cowan, Professor of Feminist and Queer Legal Studies, University of Edinburgh School of Law
- Naomi Cunningham, Barrister, Outer Temple Chambers and Chair, Sex Matters
- Karon Monaghan QC, Barrister, Matrix Chambers
- David Parker, Lead Clinician, National Gender Identity Clinical Network for Scotland
21 June 2022 Oral evidence: Official report I Video
- Professor Alice Sullivan, Head of Research, UCL Social Research Institute
- Robin White, Barrister, Old Square Chambers
- Victor Madrigal-Borloz, United Nations Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
- Ian Duddy, Chair, Scottish Human Rights Commission
- Barbara Bolton, Head of Legal and Policy, Scottish Human Rights Commission
- Cathy Asante, Legal Officer, Scottish Human Rights Commission
- Dr Sandra Duffy, Lecturer in Law, University of Bristol School of Law
- Dr Peter Dunne, Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol School of Law
- Dr Chris Dietz, Lecturer in Law and Social Justice, University of Leeds
22 June 2022 Oral evidence: Official report I Video
- Senator Regina Doherty, Leader, Seanad Éireann
27 June 2022 Private meeting with trans identifying people
28 June 2022 Oral evidence: Official report I Video
- Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government, Scottish Government
- Peter Hope-Jones, Head of Gender Recognition Unit, Scottish Government
- Colin Gilchrist, Solicitor, Scottish Government
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06 October 2022 Stage 1 report by the Committee
26 October 2022 Scottish Government Response to the Stage 1 report by the Committee
27 October 2022 Stage 1 debate: Official report (vote) I Video (vote)
STAGE 2: Changes to Detail
10 November 2022 First Marshalled List of Amendments I First Groupings of Amendments
15 November 2022 Committee Consideration of Amendments (Day 1): Official report I Video
17 November 2022 Second Marshalled List of Amendments I Second Groupings of Amendments
22 November 2022 Committee Consideration of Amendments (Day 2): Official report I Video
STAGE 3: Final Changes and Vote
14 December 2022 Marshalled List of Amendments I Groupings of Amendments
19 December 2022 Emergency Committee meeting to take evidence from UN Special Rapporteurs Reem Alsalem and Victor Madrigal-Borloz: Official report I Video
20 December 2022 Stage 3 debate: Official report I Video: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
21 December 2022 Stage 3 debate: Official report I Video: Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10
22 December 2022 Final debate and vote: Official report (vote) I Video (vote)