If the Union is to function properly the relationship between the UK Government and the devolved nations must be a constructive one
The chamber of the Scottish Parliament. The constitutional bust-up over gender legislation has prompted claims that both governments are playing politics with a sensitive issue has long proved controversial, but until relatively recently, little attention was paid to its potential to bring about an unprecedented constitutional clash between the nation’s two governments.
Most people assumed that because the Bill was clearly within the Scottish Parliament’s powers – unlike, for example,– the main hurdle would be getting enough MSPs to support it. In the end, and despite triggering the biggest rebellion by SNP MSPs since Nicola Sturgeon’s party came to power more than 15 years ago, the Bill passed comfortably shortly before Christmas, gaining backing from politicians of all parties.
The ensuing constitutional bust-up over the legislation has inevitably prompted claims that both governments are playing politics with a sensitive issue, the Conservatives standing accused of attacking devolution and the SNP of using it to further the cause of Scottish independence.
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