Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill: Parliament rescinds earlier passage; bill to return for further consideration
Parliament has rescinded its earlier decision to pass the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill 2025, following the discovery of inconsistencies between decisions taken by the House and the version of the legislation drafted after its third reading. The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin, announced the decision on Tuesday, November 10, explaining that […]
Parliament has withdrawn its earlier approval of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill 2025 after finding discrepancies between the House's decisions and the bill's version drafted after the third reading. Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin, revealed this on Tuesday, November 10, after the Legislation Drafting Department discovered the errors.
The inconsistencies, which could not be rectified by the drafters as they involved decisions already made by Parliament, necessitated the House to revisit these decisions. Bagbin emphasized that the Legislation Drafting Department's role is to draft all actions taken by Parliament, including tracking of decisions. However, significant decisions cannot be altered without the House's approval.
Consequently, the bill was brought back before the Parliament for reconsideration. The House subsequently voted to rescind its earlier decision on the bill, which it had made on Friday, 29th May 2026, regarding the third reading of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill 2025. The bill is now set to return to the House for additional review and passage after the inconsistencies are addressed.
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