Day: 28 September 2026

Holyrood invents a novel human right: the right not to define your own bill

Holyrood invents a novel human right: the right not to define your own bill Simita Kumar

ON 24th SEPTEMBER HOLYROOD‘S NEWEST EQUALITIES MINISTER Simita Kumar appeared before the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice (EHRCJ) Committee to talk about the Scottish Government’s long-promised Human Rights Bill. The Bill’s discussion paper proposes stuffing “gender identity” into a new equality duty on public bodies, and then leaving the term undefined, for the courts […]