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Violence Against Women and Girls (Men’s Role in Eradication)

Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at on 30 November 2022.

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Photo of Rachael Hamilton Rachael Hamilton Conservative

I will just finish the quote, thank you.

To continue,

“including the specific steps the procedure entails and the conditions for refusing such applications in the law itself or at least in the explanatory notes of the concerned legislation. Other governments that have adopted a self-identification procedure for the legal recognition of a gender identity have done so.”

Those words should cause the Government to at least pause and reconsider the sweeping legislation that it has to pass.

I cannot take Karen Adam’s Intervention—I am very sorry. Would you like me to wind up, Presiding Officer?

intervention

An intervention is when the MP making a speech is interrupted by another MP and asked to 'give way' to allow the other MP to intervene on the speech to ask a question or comment on what has just been said.