in scotland. it is not clear exactly when she will leave office, but as i say, she has been head of the scottish government for the last eight years. she has been making headlines in recent weeks because of a wider debate on teenagers rights, calling for a wider debate on teenagers rights, she defended plans to allow i6 year olds to change their legal sex. scotland s gender recognition bill that she wanted to introduce into scotland brought her into conflict and a clash with the uk government based in westminster, which blocked scotland plus two gender recognition bill. the secretary of state for scotland alisterjack used a special order known as a section 35 order to
the commons yesterday with the scottish secretary, alisterjack, telling mps that he understood this was a serious thing, but it was primarily about the law, it was not about politics. he was adamant he was doing this because he was concerned about the impact that legislation would have. he has faced that accusation from nicola sturgeon in a bbc interview that there was politics at play yesterday, that this was all outrageous. she reckons, as she argued in that interview, that this was the culture war is playing out and the uk government was happy to get involved in that. so, yeah, look, it s a pretty fierce battle, it s going to end up with a big legal battle as well, and that debate about the issue of how easy it should be for people to change their legal sex and the age at which they should be able to do it, i think that s going to continue as well. it s probably going to play a more significant role in our politics going forward
on the scottish parliament and vowed to oppose it. here s our political editor chris mason. this is the ceremonial mace. it represents the scottish parliament s authority. we re seeing it here at the opening of its sixth session the year before last. and next, the crown of scotland, a symbol of royal authority. but power is shared in the uk and with a rule book. all the laws that are passed here are checked to make sure they don t contradict with laws for the whole of the uk. if they do, they can be stopped, but that is a power that has never been used before. never, that is, until tonight. in a statement, the secretary of state for scotland, alisterjack, said.
across the political spectrum, on both sides of the independence question, who are absolutely question who are absolutely relieved and pleased that this has happened. so i think there s a broad consensus of support from women that the uk government at least have taken our rights seriously. this intervention is just the latest twist in the road, and with the scottish government indicating they ll appeal the decision, it s one that will probably end up playing out in the courts. lauren moss, bbc news. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is outside the scottish parliament. lorna, what does happen next? well, alisterjack. lorna, what does happen next? well, alisterjack. who lorna, what does happen next? well, alisterjack, who is lorna, what does happen next? well, alisterjack, who is the lorna, what does happen next? fill alisterjack, who is the scottish secretary, will set out in full later today is reasons for triggering a section 35 older, this is a bold and unprecedented m
scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, has condemned a very warm welcome to the programme. a very warm welcome to the programme. scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, has condemned the uk government for blocking a piece of legislation passed in holyrood, saying it was a full frontal attack on its parliament. the measure had aimed to make it quicker and easier for trans people to change gender. but the scottish secretary, alisterjack, said allowing the bill to proceed would have a significant impact on equality laws across great britain. here s our political editor, chris mason. this is the ceremonial mace. it represents the scottish