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It was pointed out that Ministers might have medical conditions that they did not want to share with people and that the introduction of a barrier could result in de facto discrimination against those who could not participate.
As I pointed to in my letter, as recently as May 2021 the EHRC was describing gender recognition reform as one of its key policy priorities, saying that “a de-medicalised system to change legal sex will better support trans people to live their lives free from discrimination”.
In our last budget scrutiny letter prior to the pandemic, we sought further information from the Cabinet Secretary on how the following issues (and more) would be addressed in the local government budget settlement:
Its plans to provide more concrete information on multi-year settlements and its response to concerns in relation to de-coupling revenue from c...
On 25 March 2008 the Commission on Scottish Devolution was formally announced by the then Secretary of State for Scotland, Des Browne MP (the proposal for the Commission had received the UK Government's support in January 2008).
However, the proportion of respondents saying that owning a property is essential to feeling like they had succeeded in life had decreased since 2016, suggesting that the importance placed on home ownership might be beginning to change
Palframan, M., De, P., & Fernandes, A. (2018, May).
Committee reports
Date published:
21 December 2017
He considered that a scenario in which a claim would be brought against an uninsured defender (for example, because they had considerable assets), while not impossible, was “de minimis”.10Justice Committee. (2017, October 31).
2.2 Human Resources and Training
The availability of skilled, knowledgeable staff is important for policy implementation.1Lucidarme, S., Marlier, M., Cardon, G., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., & Willem, A. (2014).
The PIN policy is clear that harassment and victimisation of any member of staff who raises a concern will not be tolerated and will be treated as a serious disciplinary offence which will be dealt with under the management of conduct arrangements.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 January 2011