Glasgow Shettleston CLP passed this motion on 19/1/23
Shettleston CLP condemns the Tories’ decision to block the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. This is an attack on democracy, and an attack on the rights of transgender people.
We agree to write to the leader of the Scottish Labour Party and to the leader of the national Labour Party calling on them to publicly condemn the Tories’ decision and to campaign against it.
We agree to submit the following motion as an emergency motion to Scottish Labour Party conference:
“Conference condemns the Tories’ decision to block the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. This is an attack on democracy, and an attack on the rights of transgender people. The Scottish Labour Party will campaign against that decision and calls on the Party at a national level to do likewise.