Well Done Rishi.....common Sense.

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64288757

[Bobbisox1]

A man with balls at last , well done Mr S

[wolf63]

I feel uncomfortable with the fact that the UK govt can interfere in Scottish laws in general.

However this was a crazy and potentially dangerous bill that needed to be stopped.

[Redhelen72]

Way to make the young hate the older generation more!

[jourdain2]

Thank goodness for that. It will lead to a political row with La Sturgeon, but it seems that most Scots are not happy about this either. She's making mischief and using vulnerable youngster to do so.

[murraymints]

Take that Nicola !

[naomi24]

Good. It was madness.

[mushroom25]

can anyone explain to me what part of the UK's equality laws this scottish law is alleged to contravene? or is the whole thing - as claimed by the first minister - nothing more than political mischief making?

[ToraToraTora]

They wanted to reduce the age for Gender "reassignment" to 16, I think UK overall is at least 18 possibly higher, thus the UK government has blocked it. Quite correctly in my opinion. It's not like Scotland hasn't got actual problems to deal with.

[Peter Pedant]

A man with balls at last , well done Mr S
wrong thread shurely?
haw haw haw

[Zacs-Master]

Yes, great decision.

[ToraToraTora]

If there is any "political mischief making" it's wee Burney doing it.

[Zacs-Master]

Indeed!

[Peter Pedant]

or is the whole thing - as claimed by the first minister - nothing more than political mischief making?

well the London govt is saying it is reserved business ( Scots cant legislate ) - and so they are gonna floop out a s 35. No one has done that before or even thought of it, so they are not sure what happens then. - so the courts get involved and how etc

Nothing new about making politics out of a domestic situation
The majority on the King'd Divorce ( yes, 1821 that is, ) sank to One (1) on clause 2.
this meant the admin might be defeated and the govt wd resign.
and the opposition wd have a go at power

heave ho - lets do it again!

Divorce Bill withdrawn,

[LadyCG]

I'm not one for curbing people's civil liberties but it is time this nonsense ended.

[Peter Pedant]

People regretted that a private matter wd be the results of bartering and arm twisting in the Commons
and wd not be dealt with as private

the opposition said - heigh ho we get power if we defeat the Divorce bill so lets get on with it!

[bednobs]

"can anyone explain to me what part of the UK's equality laws this scottish law is alleged to contravene"
i think they used the term "conflicts with" rather than contravenes. maybe they mean that it's difficult to have the same legislation, but applying to different ages in different parts of the UK. a bit like if scotland decided to lower the ageof consent to 13, but it remained 16 in england

[DTCwordfan]

Good analogy, bedknobs. While I am generally pro a lot of LGBTQ openness, this one has been crazy - I borrow the Dumas approach, 'One for all and all for one' - this has to apply to the fundamentals of being part of the Union.

[bobbinwales]

//Way to make the young hate the older generation more!//
Am not sure that the younger generation see this as an important issue.... things like education, jobs, housing are much relevant to the vast majority of younger people
I think theres also that someone could be classed as one sex in Scotland and another in England/Wales

[Old_Geezer]

The individual countries do not have control over every aspect of law as they are part of a union and have only managed to grab so much power from that union.

It is perfectly normal for the government of a union to have say over laws in the union.

Of course all this could have been avoided if Westminster had the guts to treat everyone equally and not hand out privileges in the form of passed control to favoured areas. Pity the evil genii won't go back into the bottle.

[New Judge]

//I feel uncomfortable with the fact that the UK govt can interfere in Scottish laws in general.//

Why? The Scottish government, like all local administrations, only exercises powers that are devolved from the UK government. These powers remain the ultimate responsibility of the national government and can be modified, amended curtailed or withdrawn at any time.

//Way to make the young hate the older generation more!//

Only temporarily, until they become older and no longer know everything.

//…can anyone explain to me what part of the UK's equality laws this scottish law is alleged to contravene?//

Gladly. One such aspect: the UK’s Equality Act allows for the provision of “single sex” spaces (toilets, changing rooms, domestic violence refuges, etc.). Admission to these is segregated on the basis of biological sex, not gender which may have been assumed on a whim. Most people (particularly women) find this quite reasonable; they welcome being able to use these spaces and would not welcome the intrusion into them of men pretending to be women. The Scottish “Gender Recognition Certificates” will not be recognised in the rest of the UK. Holders of them (say, a 16 year old youth who has decided he might like life as a “woman” for a while) will not be admitted and this will lead to conflict (supporters of “Trans Rights” are not renowned for being shrinking violets) and it is wholly unnecessary.

The UK government has a responsibility to the whole of the UK. Not just to the 8% who live in Scotland and certainly not solely to the 0.5% of that small percentage who want to pretend to be something they are not. The devolved powers afforded to the Scottish government are limited and not without boundaries. Those suggesting that Scotland is ruled from Westminster are quite correct.