MSPS must resign

Similar to the Post Office, although not so long in gestation, it seems that those who we elect to keep us all safe and in good health have let us down yet again.

Susan Dalgety asks where the Scottish Government ministers are hiding following publication of the Cass Review on the NHS gender services in England (Perspective, 13 April).

OK, it’s England but given that our government have apparently been supportive of children being permitted to change gender without consultation with their parents, the silence is rather ominous to say the least.

More to the point, it needs to be pointed out that we have a Children's Comissioner whose sole responsibility is to review legislative action to ensure that it does not impact in a negative way on our children’s wellbeing.

Given that the UN has been clear on the Rights of the Child it would appear that Scotland has been too lax on ensuring that conversion practices are indeed safe and follow UN guidance. The guidance is extremely clear that parents and parenting should be at the heart of involvement in their children’s wellbeing, which is at odds with reports that parents are not being informed when children in education suggest they want to be known and addressed as a different gender.

Patently the Cass Review also suggest that little or no research has been carried out as to the longer term impact of medical and other affirmative action on those who are still developing mentally and physically, which is extremely alarming, and again, totally at odds with UN guidance.

Perhaps parents and other voters might consider that those in the Scottish Parliament who support gender realignment as practiced in the recent past are culpable in allowing our children to be potentially damaged by their support for this policy. I suggest that these MSPS should consider resigning given the information we, the public, now have available to us.

A Lewis Coylton, Ayrshire