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‘No option’ except legal challenge over block on Scots gender law, MSPs told

PA Wire

The Scottish Government has “no option” except to go to court to seek to overturn UK ministers’ block on gender recognition legislation, MSPs have been told.

Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville made a statement to Holyrood after the Scottish Government announced it would go to court to challenge the Section 35 order which involved the UK Government blocking controversial gender reforms.

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