Doesn't wanting to raise the age of criminal responsibility for children to 16-18yrs contradict your opinion that children as young as 12yrs should be able to apply for & obtain legal recognition of their acquired gender? At what age do children have capacity?
Is it at 12 or 18?
Is it at 12 or 18?
https://twitter.com/Bruce_Adamson/status/1037642082783977472
As you are the Children & Young Persons Commissioner @Bruce_Adamson @CYPCS Could you explain what appears to be a contradictory view of what age children are fully capable of understanding the implications of their behaviour and the choices they make?
https://twitter.com/scottish_women/status/1004096287615127552?s=21
@CYPCS submission for #ACRBill acknowledges that children's understanding and decision making is variable, esp in those who have been through a trauma. Yet, the Commissioner believes that a 12yo could have the capacity to legally change their gender. 
"Younger teens ‘have a greater propensity to take risks, prioritise short term over longer term ...... from an adult perspective, be considered ill-judged’."
@CYPCS believes this to be true for age of criminal responsibility but NOT for age to legally change gender?
@CYPCS believes this to be true for age of criminal responsibility but NOT for age to legally change gender?
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