Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Section 35 Power — 17 Jan 2023 at 17:23
That this House has considered the Government’s decision to use section 35 of the Scotland Act with regard to the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill.
“removing a number of measures which the UK government regards as important safeguards”,
“Taken together, these amendments remove any requirement for third party verification or evidence from the process.”
“Adverse effects of different GRC regimes across the UK”.
“The idea that one man, elected by 22,000 people, can overturn devolved legislation brought in by the Scottish Parliament and supported by the vast majority of our MSPs is outrageous and will surely not stand up in court.”
“Walter Scott wrote that only a man with soul so dead could have no sense, no feel of his native land. For me, for any Scot, today is a proud moment; a new stage on a journey begun long ago and which has no end. This is a proud day for all of us. A Scottish Parliament. Not an end: a means to greater ends. And those too are part of our mace. Woven into its symbolic thistles are these four words: ‘Wisdom. Justice. Compassion. Integrity.’”
“It is practically and legally undesirable for all, including in particular the individual holder of the GRC, that a person will have one legal sex in Scotland and a different one in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.”
“In our view, there are implications for the operation of the Equality Act 2010”.
“Too much of the debate around the Bill has been shaped by misinformation on what the bill will actually mean in practice. The majority of human rights, women’s and equalities organisations in Scotland have shown clear, consistent and unified support for this legislation throughout its seven years in development.”
“In this Schedule ‘devolution issue’ means-
(f) any other question about whether a function is exercisable within devolved competence or in or as regards Scotland and any other question arising by virtue of this Act about reserved matters.”
“impacts on the operation of the Equality Act 2010 that result from the fact that a GRC changes a person’s protected characteristic of sex for the purposes of the 2010 Act”.
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Neale Hanvey | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | whilst Alba | no |
Stephen Farry | North Down | Alliance | no |
Nigel Adams | Selby and Ainsty | Con | aye |
Bim Afolami | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | aye |
Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con | aye |
Nickie Aiken | Cities of London and Westminster | Con | aye |
Peter Aldous | Waveney | Con | aye |
Lucy Allan | Telford | whilst Con | aye |
Lee Anderson | Ashfield | whilst Con | aye |
Stuart Anderson | Wolverhampton South West | Con | tellaye |
Stuart Andrew | Pudsey | Con | aye |
Caroline Ansell | Eastbourne | Con | aye |
Edward Argar | Charnwood | Con | aye |
Sarah Atherton | Wrexham | Con | aye |
Victoria Atkins | Louth and Horncastle | Con | aye |
Gareth Bacon | Orpington | Con | aye |
Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con | aye |
Shaun Bailey | West Bromwich West | Con | aye |
Siobhan Baillie | Stroud | Con | aye |
Duncan Baker | North Norfolk | Con | aye |
Steven Baker | Wycombe | Con | aye |
Harriett Baldwin | West Worcestershire | Con | aye |
Steve Barclay | North East Cambridgeshire | Con | aye |
John Baron | Basildon and Billericay | Con | aye |
Simon Baynes | Clwyd South | Con | aye |
Aaron Bell | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Con | aye |
Scott Benton | Blackpool South | whilst Con | aye |
Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con | aye |
Jake Berry | Rossendale and Darwen | Con | aye |
Saqib Bhatti | Meriden | Con | aye |
Bob Blackman | Harrow East | Con | aye |
Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con | aye |
Peter Bone | Wellingborough | whilst Con | aye |
Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con | aye |
Andrew Bowie | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | Con | aye |
Ben Bradley | Mansfield | Con | aye |
Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con | aye |
Jack Brereton | Stoke-on-Trent South | Con | aye |
Steve Brine | Winchester | Con | aye |
Paul Bristow | Peterborough | Con | aye |
Sara Britcliffe | Hyndburn | Con | aye |
Anthony Browne | South Cambridgeshire | Con | aye |
Fiona Bruce | Congleton | Con | aye |
Felicity Buchan | Kensington | Con | aye |
Alex Burghart | Brentwood and Ongar | Con | aye |
Conor Burns | Bournemouth West | Con | aye |
Rob Butler | Aylesbury | Con | aye |
Alun Cairns | Vale of Glamorgan | Con | aye |
Andy Carter | Warrington South | Con | aye |
James Cartlidge | South Suffolk | Con | aye |
Bill Cash | Stone | Con | aye |
Miriam Cates | Penistone and Stocksbridge | Con | aye |
Maria Caulfield | Lewes | Con | aye |
Alex Chalk | Cheltenham | Con | aye |
Rehman Chishti | Gillingham and Rainham | Con | aye |
Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con | aye |
Jo Churchill | Bury St Edmunds | Con | aye |
Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con | aye |
Simon Clarke | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Con | aye |
Theo Clarke | Stafford | Con | aye |
Brendan Clarke-Smith | Bassetlaw | Con | aye |
Chris Clarkson | Heywood and Middleton | Con | aye |
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | The Cotswolds | Con | aye |
Therese Coffey | Suffolk Coastal | Con | aye |
Damian Collins | Folkestone and Hythe | Con | aye |
Alberto Costa | South Leicestershire | Con | aye |
Robert Courts | Witney | Con | aye |
Claire Coutinho | East Surrey | Con | aye |
Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con | aye |
Virginia Crosbie | Ynys Môn | Con | aye |
Tracey Crouch | Chatham and Aylesford | Con | aye |
James Daly | Bury North | Con | aye |
David Davies | Monmouth | Con | aye |
Gareth Davies | Grantham and Stamford | Con | aye |
James Davies | Vale of Clwyd | Con | aye |
Mims Davies | Mid Sussex | Con | aye |
Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | aye |
David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con | aye |
Dehenna Davison | Bishop Auckland | Con | aye |
Caroline Dinenage | Gosport | Con | aye |
Sarah Dines | Derbyshire Dales | Con | aye |
Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con | aye |
Leo Docherty | Aldershot | Con | aye |
Michelle Donelan | Chippenham | Con | aye |
Steve Double | St Austell and Newquay | Con | aye |
Oliver Dowden | Hertsmere | Con | aye |
Jackie Doyle-Price | Thurrock | Con | aye |
Richard Drax | South Dorset | Con | aye |
Flick Drummond | Meon Valley | Con | aye |
James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con | aye |
David Duguid | Banff and Buchan | Con | aye |
Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | aye |
Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con | aye |
Mark Eastwood | Dewsbury | Con | aye |
Ruth Edwards | Rushcliffe | Con | aye |
Michael Ellis | Northampton North | Con | aye |
Tobias Ellwood | Bournemouth East | Con | aye |
Natalie Elphicke | Dover | whilst Con | aye |
George Eustice | Camborne and Redruth | Con | aye |
Luke Evans | Bosworth | Con | aye |
David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Con | aye |
Ben Everitt | Milton Keynes North | Con | aye |
Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con | aye |
Laura Farris | Newbury | Con | aye |
Simon Fell | Barrow and Furness | Con | aye |
Anna Firth | Southend West | Con | aye |
Katherine Fletcher | South Ribble | Con | aye |
Mark Fletcher | Bolsover | Con | aye |
Nicholas Fletcher | Don Valley | Con | aye |
Vicky Ford | Chelmsford | Con | aye |
Kevin Foster | Torbay | Con | aye |
Liam Fox | North Somerset | Con | aye |
Mark Francois | Rayleigh and Wickford | Con | aye |
Lucy Frazer | South East Cambridgeshire | Con | aye |
George Freeman | Mid Norfolk | Con | aye |
Mike Freer | Finchley and Golders Green | Con | aye |
Louie French | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Con | aye |
Richard Fuller | North East Bedfordshire | Con | aye |
Marcus Fysh | Yeovil | Con | aye |
Mark Garnier | Wyre Forest | Con | aye |
Nusrat Ghani | Wealden | Con | aye |
Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con | aye |
Peter Gibson | Darlington | Con | aye |
Jo Gideon | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Con | aye |
John Glen | Salisbury | Con | aye |
Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con | aye |
Richard Graham | Gloucester | Con | aye |
Helen Grant | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | aye |
James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con | aye |
Chris Green | Bolton West | Con | aye |
Damian Green | Ashford | Con | aye |
Andrew Griffith | Arundel and South Downs | Con | aye |
James Grundy | Leigh | Con | aye |
Jonathan Gullis | Stoke-on-Trent North | Con | aye |
Robert Halfon | Harlow | Con | aye |
Luke Hall | Thornbury and Yate | Con | aye |
Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Con | aye |
Greg Hands | Chelsea and Fulham | Con | aye |
Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con | aye |
Rebecca Harris | Castle Point | Con | aye |
Trudy Harrison | Copeland | Con | aye |
Sally-Ann Hart | Hastings and Rye | Con | aye |
Simon Hart | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Con | aye |
John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con | aye |
James Heappey | Wells | Con | aye |
Gordon Henderson | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Con | aye |
Darren Henry | Broxtowe | Con | aye |
Antony Higginbotham | Burnley | Con | aye |
Damian Hinds | East Hampshire | Con | aye |
Richard Holden | North West Durham | Con | aye |
Kevin Hollinrake | Thirsk and Malton | Con | aye |
Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con | aye |
Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con | aye |
Paul Holmes | Eastleigh | Con | aye |
John Howell | Henley | Con | aye |
Paul Howell | Sedgefield | Con | aye |
Nigel Huddleston | Mid Worcestershire | Con | aye |
Neil Hudson | Penrith and The Border | Con | aye |
Eddie Hughes | Walsall North | Con | aye |
Jane Hunt | Loughborough | Con | aye |
Tom Hunt | Ipswich | Con | aye |
Sajid Javid | Bromsgrove | Con | aye |
Ranil Jayawardena | North East Hampshire | Con | aye |
Bernard Jenkin | Harwich and North Essex | Con | aye |
Mark Jenkinson | Workington | Con | aye |
Dr Caroline Johnson | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | aye |
Gareth Johnson | Dartford | Con | aye |
David Johnston | Wantage | Con | aye |
Andrew Jones | Harrogate and Knaresborough | Con | aye |
David Jones | Clwyd West | Con | aye |
Fay Jones | Brecon and Radnorshire | Con | aye |
Marcus Jones | Nuneaton | Con | aye |
Simon Jupp | East Devon | Con | aye |
Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con | aye |
Alicia Kearns | Rutland and Melton | Con | aye |
Gillian Keegan | Chichester | Con | aye |
Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con | aye |
Kate Kniveton | Burton | Con | aye |
Danny Kruger | Devizes | Con | aye |
Kwasi Kwarteng | Spelthorne | Con | aye |
John Lamont | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Con | aye |
Robert Largan | High Peak | Con | aye |
Pauline Latham | Mid Derbyshire | Con | aye |
Andrea Leadsom | South Northamptonshire | Con | aye |
Andrew Lewer | Northampton South | Con | aye |
Brandon Lewis | Great Yarmouth | Con | aye |
Julian Lewis | New Forest East | whilst Con | aye |
Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater and West Somerset | Con | aye |
Chris Loder | West Dorset | Con | aye |
Mark Logan | Bolton North East | Con | aye |
Marco Longhi | Dudley North | Con | aye |
Julia Lopez | Hornchurch and Upminster | Con | aye |
Jack Lopresti | Filton and Bradley Stoke | Con | aye |
Jonathan Lord | Woking | Con | aye |
Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con | aye |
Craig Mackinlay | South Thanet | Con | aye |
Cherilyn Mackrory | Truro and Falmouth | Con | aye |
Rachel Maclean | Redditch | Con | aye |
Anthony Mangnall | Totnes | Con | aye |
Scott Mann | North Cornwall | Con | aye |
Julie Marson | Hertford and Stortford | Con | aye |
Jerome Mayhew | Broadland | Con | aye |
Paul Maynard | Blackpool North and Cleveleys | Con | aye |
Jason McCartney | Colne Valley | Con | aye |
Karl McCartney | Lincoln | Con | aye |
Stephen McPartland | Stevenage | Con | aye |
Esther McVey | Tatton | Con | aye |
Johnny Mercer | Plymouth, Moor View | Con | aye |
Huw Merriman | Bexhill and Battle | Con | aye |
Stephen Metcalfe | South Basildon and East Thurrock | Con | aye |
Robin Millar | Aberconwy | Con | aye |
Amanda Milling | Cannock Chase | Con | aye |
Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Con | aye |
Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con | aye |
Gagan Mohindra | South West Hertfordshire | Con | aye |
Damien Moore | Southport | Con | aye |
Robbie Moore | Keighley | Con | aye |
Penny Mordaunt | Portsmouth North | Con | aye |
Anne Marie Morris | Newton Abbot | Con | aye |
David Morris | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Con | aye |
James Morris | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | Con | aye |
Jill Mortimer | Hartlepool | Con | aye |
Wendy Morton | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con | aye |
Kieran Mullan | Crewe and Nantwich | Con | aye |
Holly Mumby-Croft | Scunthorpe | Con | aye |
David Mundell | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | Con | aye |
Sheryll Murray | South East Cornwall | Con | aye |
Andrew Murrison | South West Wiltshire | Con | aye |
Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | aye |
Lia Nici | Great Grimsby | Con | aye |
Jesse Norman | Hereford and South Herefordshire | Con | aye |
Neil O'Brien | Harborough | Con | aye |
Matthew Offord | Hendon | Con | aye |
Guy Opperman | Hexham | Con | aye |
Priti Patel | Witham | Con | aye |
Mark Pawsey | Rugby | Con | aye |
Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con | aye |
John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con | aye |
Andrew Percy | Brigg and Goole | Con | aye |
Chris Philp | Croydon South | Con | aye |
Daniel Poulter | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | whilst Con | aye |
Rebecca Pow | Taunton Deane | Con | aye |
Victoria Prentis | Banbury | Con | aye |
Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con | aye |
Tom Pursglove | Corby | Con | aye |
Jeremy Quin | Horsham | Con | aye |
Will Quince | Colchester | Con | aye |
Dominic Raab | Esher and Walton | Con | aye |
Tom Randall | Gedling | Con | aye |
John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | aye |
Jacob Rees-Mogg | North East Somerset | Con | aye |
Angela Richardson | Guildford | Con | aye |
Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con | aye |
Mary Robinson | Cheadle | Con | aye |
Douglas Ross | Moray | Con | aye |
Lee Rowley | North East Derbyshire | Con | aye |
Dean Russell | Watford | Con | aye |
Gary Sambrook | Birmingham, Northfield | Con | aye |
Selaine Saxby | North Devon | Con | aye |
Paul Scully | Sutton and Cheam | Con | aye |
Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con | aye |
Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con | aye |
Alok Sharma | Reading West | Con | aye |
Alec Shelbrooke | Elmet and Rothwell | Con | aye |
Chris Skidmore | Kingswood | Con | aye |
Chloe Smith | Norwich North | Con | aye |
Greg Smith | Buckingham | Con | aye |
Henry Smith | Crawley | Con | aye |
Julian Smith | Skipton and Ripon | Con | aye |
Royston Smith | Southampton, Itchen | Con | aye |
Amanda Solloway | Derby North | Con | aye |
Ben Spencer | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con | aye |
Mark Spencer | Sherwood | Con | aye |
Alexander Stafford | Rother Valley | Con | aye |
Andrew Stephenson | Pendle | Con | aye |
Jane Stevenson | Wolverhampton North East | Con | aye |
John Stevenson | Carlisle | Con | aye |
Iain Stewart | Milton Keynes South | Con | aye |
Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con | aye |
Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con | aye |
Julian Sturdy | York Outer | Con | aye |
James Sunderland | Bracknell | Con | aye |
Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con | aye |
Robert Syms | Poole | Con | aye |
Derek Thomas | St Ives | Con | aye |
Maggie Throup | Erewash | Con | aye |
Edward Timpson | Eddisbury | Con | aye |
Kelly Tolhurst | Rochester and Strood | Con | aye |
Justin Tomlinson | North Swindon | Con | aye |
Michael Tomlinson | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Con | aye |
Craig Tracey | North Warwickshire | Con | aye |
Laura Trott | Sevenoaks | Con | aye |
Elizabeth Truss | South West Norfolk | Con | aye |
Thomas Tugendhat | Tonbridge and Malling | Con | aye |
Martin Vickers | Cleethorpes | Con | aye |
Matt Vickers | Stockton South | Con | aye |
Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con | aye |
Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con | aye |
Robin Walker | Worcester | Con | aye |
Matt Warman | Boston and Skegness | Con | aye |
Giles Watling | Clacton | Con | aye |
Suzanne Webb | Stourbridge | Con | aye |
Helen Whately | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con | aye |
Heather Wheeler | South Derbyshire | Con | aye |
Craig Whittaker | Calder Valley | Con | aye |
John Whittingdale | Maldon | Con | aye |
Bill Wiggin | North Herefordshire | Con | aye |
James Wild | North West Norfolk | Con | aye |
Craig Williams | Montgomeryshire | Con | aye |
Gavin Williamson | South Staffordshire | Con | aye |
Mike Wood | Dudley South | Con | tellaye |
William Wragg | Hazel Grove | Con | aye |
Jeremy Wright | Kenilworth and Southam | Con | aye |
Jacob Young | Redcar | Con | aye |
Nadhim Zahawi | Stratford-on-Avon | Con | aye |
Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP | aye |
Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP | aye |
Paul Girvan | South Antrim | DUP | aye |
Gavin Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | aye |
Jim Shannon | Strangford | DUP | aye |
Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP | aye |
Caroline Lucas | Brighton, Pavilion | Green | no |
Rob Roberts | Delyn | whilst Independent | aye |
Jonathan Edwards | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | whilst Independent | no |
Margaret Ferrier | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | whilst Independent | no |
Claudia Webbe | Leicester East | whilst Independent | no |
Olivia Blake | Sheffield, Hallam | Lab | no |
Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab | no |
Richard Burgon | Leeds East | Lab | no |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | no |
Charlotte Nichols | Warrington North | Lab | no |
Kate Osborne | Jarrow | Lab | no |
Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Streatham | Lab | no |
Lloyd Russell-Moyle | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | no |
Zarah Sultana | Coventry South | Lab | no |
Nadia Whittome | Nottingham East | Lab | no |
Beth Winter | Cynon Valley | Lab | no |
Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem | no |
Wendy Chamberlain | North East Fife | LDem | no |
Daisy Cooper | St Albans | LDem | no |
Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem | no |
Richard Foord | Tiverton and Honiton | LDem | no |
Sarah Green | Chesham and Amersham | LDem | no |
Christine Jardine | Edinburgh West | LDem | no |
Helen Morgan | North Shropshire | LDem | no |
Sarah Olney | Richmond Park | LDem | no |
Jamie Stone | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem | no |
Munira Wilson | Twickenham | LDem | no |
Ben Lake | Ceredigion | PC | no |
Liz Saville-Roberts | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | PC | no |
Colum Eastwood | Foyle | SDLP | no |
Hannah Bardell | Livingston | SNP | no |
Mhairi Black | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | SNP | no |
Ian Blackford | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | SNP | no |
Kirsty Blackman | Aberdeen North | SNP | no |
Steven Bonnar | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | SNP | tellno |
Deidre Brock | Edinburgh North and Leith | SNP | no |
Alan Brown | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | SNP | no |
Amy Callaghan | East Dunbartonshire | SNP | no |
Lisa Cameron | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | whilst SNP | no |
Douglas Chapman | Dunfermline and West Fife | SNP | no |
Ronnie Cowan | Inverclyde | SNP | no |
Angela Crawley | Lanark and Hamilton East | SNP | no |
Martyn Day | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | SNP | no |
Martin Docherty | West Dunbartonshire | SNP | no |
Dave Doogan | Angus | SNP | no |
Allan Dorans | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | SNP | no |
Marion Fellows | Motherwell and Wishaw | SNP | no |
Stephen Flynn | Aberdeen South | SNP | no |
Patricia Gibson | North Ayrshire and Arran | SNP | no |
Patrick Grady | Glasgow North | SNP | no |
Peter Grant | Glenrothes | SNP | tellno |
Drew Hendry | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | SNP | no |
Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP | no |
Chris Law | Dundee West | SNP | no |
David Linden | Glasgow East | SNP | no |
Stewart McDonald | Glasgow South | SNP | no |
Stuart McDonald | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | SNP | no |
Anne McLaughlin | Glasgow North East | SNP | no |
John McNally | Falkirk | SNP | no |
Carol Monaghan | Glasgow North West | SNP | no |
Gavin Newlands | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | SNP | no |
John Nicolson | Ochil and South Perthshire | SNP | no |
Brendan O'Hara | Argyll and Bute | SNP | no |
Kirsten Oswald | East Renfrewshire | SNP | no |
Anum Qaisar | Airdrie and Shotts | SNP | no |
Tommy Sheppard | Edinburgh East | SNP | no |
Alyn Smith | Stirling | SNP | no |
Chris Stephens | Glasgow South West | SNP | no |
Alison Thewliss | Glasgow Central | SNP | no |
Owen Thompson | Midlothian | SNP | no |
Philippa Whitford | Central Ayrshire | SNP | no |
Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP | no |