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BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 13:55:00

Restriction. however, iwant am sure members will understand this restriction. however, i want to make the statement today to explain the decision as fully as possible to parliament. we have not taken this decision lightly. we have considered it carefully, and it was clear to us in our deliberations that allowing the uk government veto on the democratic decisions of this parliament to go unchallenged would undermine our democracy. equally, the veto was used with no prior discussion a warning and without ever hearing from the uk government about what amendments they would have wanted in the bill. that cannot go unchallenged because of the applications for future legislation and evolution, particularly as the secretary of state refused our offer is to work on potential changes to the bill. to this day, i can confirm that the uk government has not offered up a single area for amendment that would satisfy them in relation to the issue of gender recognition reform. therefore, if we want to t ....

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BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 13:53:00

In edinburgh. yes, that s right. it was passed as a bill in edinburgh. yes, that s right. it was passed as a bill within - in edinburgh. yes, that s right. it was passed as a bill within the i was passed as a bill within the scottish parliament, so as you say, a lot of people would have been quite surprised that under devolution that the uk government, that westminster could go against this, and something they thought was a devolved matter, but the argument of the uk government and we haven t heard the arguments in full but if and when this does go to court, we are likely to hear it then but they say that it does overlap with the uk equality bill, so it would impact on uk legislation, so because of that, they can, they say, block the bill that was passed in the scottish parliament. that was passed in the scottish parliament. . ., ., ., parliament. alexandra, thanks for now and stick parliament. alexandra, thanks for now and stick with parliament. alexandra, thanks for now and ....

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