SNP ministers refuse to ditch gender reform legislation despite court defeat

SNP ministers have refused to ditch controversial gender reform legislation despite accepting it has no chance of becoming law while the Conservatives remain in power at Westminster.

Shirley-Anne Somerville confirmed today the Scottish Government would not appeal a court ruling which found Alister Jack did have the right to block the Gender Recognition Reform (GRR) Act.

A majority of MSPs from across the parties voted in favour of gender reforms in December last year which would have allowed Scots to change their legally recognised gender more easily.

But the legislation did not become law after Jack, the Scottish Secretary, intervened in January to block it by issuing a rare Section 35 order.

The Scottish Government then went to the Court of Session in a failed bid to have judges overturn the Tory minister's actions.

Somerville, the Social Justice Secretary, said today the GRR bill "remained the government's policy".

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