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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

Scottish government seeks to reassure MSPs over gender law reform

Supporters of Scotland’s gender recognition reform bill rally outside Holyrood in October
Supporters of Scotland’s gender recognition reform bill rally outside Holyrood in October. Photograph: Ken Jack/Getty Images

The Scottish government has sought to reassure MSPs that plans to streamline how transgender people change the sex on their birth certificate will not compromise its work to advance women’s rights.

In a letter sent to all MSPs on Friday, and seen by the Guardian, the cabinet secretary for social justice, Shona Robison, insists the reforms do not “in any way conflict with our work and commitment to protect women from discrimination and advance women’s rights and equality”.

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