South Lanarkshire political groups share opinions on the Gender Recognition Bill

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South Lanarkshire political groups have voiced their opinions on the recently passed Gender Recognition Bill.Last month, MSPs voted in favour of passing the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill which will see a number of changes to the previous law surrounding gender reform.The new Bill will now allow 16-year-olds to change their legal gender (this was lowered from 18).The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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