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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Abbi Garton-Crosbie

Holyrood data row ‘undermines decades of work on women’s representation’

File photo of the Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood in Edinburgh. (Image: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

A SCOTTISH Parliament survey has exposed a wider problem with collecting data on the basis of biological sex and could undermine “decades worth” of work on women’s representation, an expert has said.

Kevin Guyan, a writer and researcher whose work explores the intersection of data and identity, told The National that the refusal of a majority of MSPs to respond to a survey – where they were asked to declare their sex and transgender status – was a “told you so moment”.

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