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

Sturgeon rejects UN concerns about reform of Scotland’s gender law

Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon said at first minister’s questions that the bill had already go through intense scrutiny. Photograph: Ken Jack/Getty Images

Nicola Sturgeon has described the concerns of a UN special rapporteur about plans to reform how people change their legal sex in Scotland as “not well founded”.

During a robust session of first minister’s questions, Sturgeon also said Shona Robison, the minister in charge of the controversial gender recognition reform bill, would meet the special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem, next week.

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