Scottish Parliament: Does Holyrood need a revising chamber to perform a function similar to House of Lords? – Murdo Fraser

Holyrood can self-identify as anything it wishes but the passage of the Gender Recognition Reform Bill would prove to any independent observer that it doesn’t function as a mature legislature.

Railroaded through by the SNP/Green government in the week before Christmas without proper consideration of evidence being presented, it is a law passed without regard to its unintended consequences. These consequences have now led to the UK Government to consider blocking the Bill due to its impact on the reserved legislation that is the Equality Act 2010, and the protections that provides to women and girls.

Last week, my Conservative colleague Stephen Kerr MSP highlighted his concerns about the poor quality of debate at Holyrood, and the lack of scrutiny of both government and legislation. He was joined by the former SNP Cabinet minister Alex Neil, who hit out at “nodding donkey” MSPs who simply saw their role at Holyrood as supporting SNP ministers no matter what, and voting through bad legislation without appropriate scrutiny.