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Katrine Bussey

Top civil servant told to ‘get on it’ after Supreme Court ruling on gender

Michelle Thomson insisted Scotland’s most senior civil servant needs to ‘get on it’ and act after a landmark Supreme Court ruling (Andrew Milligan/PA) -

The Scottish Government is seeking to “prepare the ground” to act when new guidance on gender is issued, the country’s most senior civil servant has insisted.

Permanent Secretary Joe Griffin came under fire from MSP Michelle Thomson, who told him it was a “very poor look” that 10 weeks on from the landmark Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman, the government had “not done anything about it”.

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