Meeting of the Parliament 20 December 2022
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Rather reluctantly, given what has happened over the past hour, I seek your guidance on scope. Colleagues from across the chamber have had amendments ruled out of scope for the reason that the bill relates to the process of applying for a gender recognition certificate, not to the effect of having a gender recognition certificate. That has left some of us unable to address concerns that constituents have raised, in particular in relation to the fact that the bill, if passed, will allow a much larger cohort of citizens to change their legal sex.
In raising this point of order, I wish to make it clear that I am not challenging your rulings on any individual rejected amendments. Rather, I am asking you to provide clarity, on the record, as to scope, so that members and our constituents who are watching can be very clear about the parameters for our consideration of the bill at this time.