Ex-minister: Self-ID policy already here

AN SNP minister who quit her community safety post over the gender reforms has launched a fresh attack over the proposals.

Ash Regan, below, has said the planned legislation has been ‘virtually unamended in any substantive way’ despite two sessions of scrutiny by MSPs. She said there are still issues around children, women’s rights and safeguarding ahead of a vote on the issue.

She highlighted the case of Katie Dolatowski as an example of institutions ‘already operating a de facto self-ID policy’ before any laws are passed. The convicted sex offender has identified as a woman and been moved to all-female Cornton Vale jail.

Writing in The Times, Miss Regan said: ‘Important protections will be impossible to uphold.’

The Government said the prison service made decisions on an individual basis.