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A history of the UK Government blocking Scottish legislation

ALISTER Jack's use of Section 35 is not the first time the UK Government has acted to block Scottish laws from being passed ...

The National (Scotland)

Sturgeon: Not an iota of good faith in UK Government’s gender Bill stance

The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill was passed at Holyrood in December but will now be stopped from becoming law.

The Independent UK

Who is Alister Jack? The Scottish Secretary preparing to block gender reform

ALISTER Jack is set to stop Scotland’s Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill from becoming law after it was passed overwhelmingly by MSPs.

The National (Scotland)

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Mixed signals from No 10 and education secretary over gender change age

Downing Street appears to dismiss Gillian Keegan’s comments on Scottish bill that 16 is old enough to decide

The Guardian - UK

UK government blocks Scotland's gender recognition bill

The UK government on Monday took the unprecedented step of preventing a law passed by the Scottish Parliament from coming into force. The controversial Gender Recognition Reform Bill, approved by Holyrood in December, makes it easier for people to legally change their gender and was a long-running demand of trans…

France 24

16-year-olds old enough to decide on gender ID change, education secretary suggests

‘I could make decisions for myself at 16’, says Gillian Keegan

The Independent UK

UK Government branded ‘increasingly draconian’ for blocking Holyrood gender Bill

Scottish Social Justice Secretary Shona Robison said the ‘democratic will’ of the Scottish Parliament must not be frustrated.

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Gender recognition bill: Why and how has the UK Government blocked it?

Scottish MPs passed the bill in December to allow people to obtain a gender recognition certificate without a medical diagnosis

Evening Standard

Sunak blocks Scotland’s gender bill, angering nationalists

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak blocked transgender rights legislation passed by the Scottish Parliament, setting up a major constitutional row and fanning nationalist sentiment in Scotland.

Tribune News Service

UK Government uses ‘nuclear option’ in Gender Bill block – Stonewall

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said he will make an order under Section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998 to block the Bill.

The Independent UK

UK Government will block Scottish gender recognition reforms

Nicola Sturgeon said the move was a ‘full-frontal’ attack

Evening Standard

Jack confirms UK Government to block Scottish gender recognition reforms

Nicola Sturgeon said the move was a ‘full-frontal’ attack.

The Independent UK

Nicola Sturgeon accuses Westminster of launching 'full frontal attack' on Scottish Parliament

The Scottish and UK Governments are set to clash in court over the controversial gender recognition reforms backed by MSPs.

Daily Record

Rishi Sunak blocks Scotland’s gender recognition legislation

UK ministers to use provisions in Scotland Act to block legislation making it easier for transgender people to self-identify

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Reuters

British government to block Scottish gender reform law

The British government will block a bill passed by the Scottish parliament that makes it easier for people to change their legal gender, its Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said on Monday, the first time it has invoked the power to veto a Scottish law.

Daily Record

UK Government blocks Holyrood gender reform law sparking major political row

Alister Jack has confirmed that Westminster has intervened to strike down legislation passed by the Scottish Parliament for the first time since 1999.

The National (Scotland)

Head of Alister Jack-linked firm responds to questions over Covid loan

THE head of a company linked with senior Tory minister Alister Jack has said they have never met or spoken after it was revealed the company…

The Independent UK

Sturgeon: Blocking gender law would be using trans people as ‘political weapon’

The UK Government has until Wednesday to challenge the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill.

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The National (Scotland)

Alister Jack benefitted from £2m Covid loan from UK Government

ALISTER Jack benefitted from a £2 million Covid loan backed by the UK Government during the pandemic.

Daily Record

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack given £2million Covid loan from UK Government

Opposition politicians react with fury following revelations about a company owned by the Secretary of State for Scotland Alister Jack.

The National (Scotland)

Alister Jack's claim of 'no desire' for EU membership disputed by fact checkers

Calls for Alister Jack to correct the record in the House of Commons are growing following his claims over 'desire' for EU membership in Scotland

The National (Scotland)

Tory think tank backs UK blocking Scotland's gender reforms - but will they do it?

Will the UK Government really challenge Scotland's gender reform bill? Our political reporter looks at the viability of a Section 35 order

The National (Scotland)

Union flags and misinformation: What happened outside the Scottish Parliament today

HUNDREDS of anti-gender reform protesters gathered outside the Scottish Parliament today to call on the UK Government to step in and stop the Gender…

Insider UK

Jack insists Scotland is seeing ‘many benefits’ of Brexit

The Scotland Secretary was questioned by several SNP MPs in the Commons

The National (Scotland)

POLL: Do Scots want to rejoin the European Union?

SCOTLAND Secretary Alister Jack has claimed that there is "no desire in Scotland to have membership of the EU."

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