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Hamish Morrison

SNP minister QUITS in protest over transgender law reform bid

AN SNP minister has quit over her opposition to plans to make it easier for transgender people to change their sex on official documents.

Ash Regan held the position of community safety minister for four years and had previously signalled that she had concerns about the proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act (GRA).

She told the First Minister that her “conscience will not allow me to vote” to change the law on Thursday afternoon. 

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