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Any such amending legislation will require approval by the Scottish Parliament.
The new UK Government has not expressed a view on the Deposit Return Scheme plans at the time of publication.
The Committee recognises, however, the important role that the Bill has played to date in shining a light on these issues and the impact they are currently having on disabled children and young people and their families.
Several stakeholders expressed concerns about how the Bill would work in practice.
Committee reports
Date published:
15 September 2023
Ms Robison said the Scottish Government would consider the Committee’s recommendations on this point but expressed uncertainty on what alternative language could be used to accurately describe legally changing your gender.
meetingId=13601 However her view was that the time limits should not be permanently extended. A similar view was expressed by Marsha Scott of Scottish Women’s Aid.
This also seems to have concerned Dundee University, which has expressed a preference for a partial removal of the prohibition for the purposes of the ScotGEM programme only.
Committee reports
Date published:
11 February 2020
r=12420&c=2224361T/ACC Sloan agreed that a tension exists between legitimate right to freedom of expression, which is a fundamental human right, and the police service’s responsibility to keep people safe.
The Committee also endorses the concerns expressed by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee in their letters to the Scottish Government and the UK Government with regard to the curtailed timescale available for scrutiny of the LCM and other matters related to the scrutiny process.