The SNP leader also confirmed she still intends to challenge the UK Government’s use of Section 35 to block the Gender Recognition Reform Bill from becoming law.
Critics of Holyrood’s gender recognition legislation within the SNP should not have to leave the party, Nicola Sturgeon has said.The SNP leader also confirmed she still intends to challenge the UK Government’s use of a Section 35 to block the controversial Gender Recognition Reform Bill from becoming law.
Sturgeon responded "No, I don't" when asked at a press conference in Edinburgh if people should be standing down from the SNP if they disagreed with the Scottish Government’s stance. She continued: "Equally – in probably every party that is a democracy in every democracy in the world – there are individuals who can’t accept the position on particular issues and vote accordingly.
The First Minister said her position on challenging Section 35 had not changed, saying it is important to have “clarity” on the circumstances in which it can be used.
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