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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Hamish Morrison

Committee shut down over Suffragette scarf row in trans rights meeting

A HOLYROOD committee debating changes to gender law has been suspended after a row broke out over claims a member of the public was ejected from the meeting for wearing a Suffragette scarf.

A meeting of the Scottish Parliament’s equalities committee on Tuesday morning was taken into private for more than 20 minutes after an MSP raised concerns that a woman in the public gallery had been removed for wearing a purple, white and green scarf.

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