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Andrew Quinn

SNP bid to overturn Section 35 order at Westminster and allow gender reforms to become law

The SNP has tabled a House of Commons motion stop Holyrood's gender recognition law from being blocked by the UK Government.

The party's Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has submitted a motion to overturn the UK Government 's Section 35 order which blocked the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill.

Scotland Secretary Alister Jack said last week that the bill had been blocked because it affected the UK-wide Equalities Act.

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