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Written Question
Gender Recognition: Scotland
Monday 7th July 2025

Asked by: Euan Stainbank (Labour - Falkirk)

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Court of Session’s judgment on the Petition of the Scottish Ministers for Judicial Review of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, published on 8 December 2023.

Answered by Ian Murray - Secretary of State for Scotland

The Scottish Government confirmed in a statement to the Scottish Parliament on 22 April 2025 that it has no plans to bring back the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill.