Vote on law that would remove need for diagnosis of gender dysphoria to obtain gender recognition certificate pushed back after fraught debate
The final vote on the Scottish government’s long-awaited changes to simplify how someone can legally change gender has been delayed until Thursday after two days of fraught, chaotic and sometimes emotional debate among MSPs.
It follows two days of marathon sittings, punctuated by angry protests from the public gallery, lengthy suspensions to consider parliamentary procedure and growing frustration at delaying tactics from the Scottish Conservatives, who have employed repeated interventions and points of order with the aim of postponing the vote into the new year.
Despite the concerns of SNP backbenchers, which resulted in the biggest revolt for the party in 15 years in power at the first reading, the bill is expected to pass comfortably with support from the Scottish Greens and the Scottish Liberal Democrats. After Tuesday’s lengthy sitting ended after midnight only when the Holyrood chamber’s lights went out on automatic timer, weary MSPs returned for a second day of technical deliberations.
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