7.1 C
London
Monday, November 18, 2024
No menu items!

Vote on Scottish gender reforms to be delayed

Breaking News image

The final vote on controversial proposals to make it easier for people in Scotland to change their legally recognised gender will now not be held until Thursday.

The Scottish Parliament had been due to vote on the legislation on Wednesday.

But with MSPs still debating proposed changes to the bill, a decision was taken to delay the vote by a day.

The reforms are still expected to be backed by a majority of MSPs.

This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.

You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts.

Latest news
Related news

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here


Fatal error: Uncaught wfWAFStorageFileException: Unable to save temporary file for atomic writing. in /var/www/clients/client0/web1/web/wp-content/plugins/wordfence/vendor/wordfence/wf-waf/src/lib/storage/file.php:34 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/clients/client0/web1/web/wp-content/plugins/wordfence/vendor/wordfence/wf-waf/src/lib/storage/file.php(658): wfWAFStorageFile::atomicFilePutContents() #1 [internal function]: wfWAFStorageFile->saveConfig() #2 {main} thrown in /var/www/clients/client0/web1/web/wp-content/plugins/wordfence/vendor/wordfence/wf-waf/src/lib/storage/file.php on line 34