The Trans Rights Debate

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That bit isn't correct. There have been 2 consultations so far; the second of which attracted the highest number of responses that there has been for any SG consultation.

The point of these consultations is, as it says, to consult and amend draft legislation if appropriate. That process is continuing, and will continue through committees until such times as the debate gets to Parliament.

Who was consulted? I haven't seen reference to this, although perhaps this has been discussed on here before. I will be straight onto the Observer to point this out. Here's hoping that common sense prevails, or that some SNP MSP's refuse to toe the party line.

I'm intrigued by how some issues get a public hearing in this way and others never make it to any meaningful consultation. I confess to having little understanding of how politics at Holyrood operates and what drives it. Was this part of the SNP manifesto for example? These are many issues that I suspect are much more burning for the average man/woman (should that be person?) yet they aren't on the agenda for consultation and legislative change (like a national energy company or encroachment on to green belt for housing, failure to address the lack of social housing).