Scottish Labour voted in favour of the bill but Starmer said 16 is too young to change gender
Keir Starmer has opened up a split with Scottish Labour over the Gender Recognition Reform bill. The UK Labour leader said he had "concerns" over Scotland's gender recognition law because he considers 16 to be too young to change gender. He also said that he was worried that the legislation may break the Equalities Act.
Those aged 16 and 17 must live in their acquired gender for six months. Starmer said he thinks 16 is too young to make a decision on changing gender. Scottish politics Downing Street officials said on Saturday that the full legal advice to ministers has not yet been reviewed and no decisions have been made. That is despite multiple reports suggesting that the advice has given Sunak the legal cover he requires to apply a Section 35 order to block the Bill from becoming law.
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