Main content

Is Swinney respecting the Supreme Court on gender?

Martin Geissler and Natalie Higgins discuss a looming court battle over where transgender prisoners are housed.

If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like ‘Is the Sandie Peggie ruling discredited?’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002njyw

Campaigners For Women Scotland (pictured) are taking the Scottish Government to the Court of Session over where transgender prisoners are housed.

We ask legal expert Dr Nick McKerrell from Glasgow Caledonian University whether John Swinney’s government is respecting the Supreme Court ruling on women and sex.

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler and Natalie Higgins.

Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

Available now

24 minutes

Featured

  • .

Broadcast

  • Last Tuesday00:00

Scotcast on iPlayer

Scotcast on iPlayer

Watch the conversation about Scotland’s biggest news stories.

Podcast