In answer to my noble friend, the function of the BTP is the policing of railways, which is the subject matter of these clauses and what we are devolving in this Bill. That is what the Smith report stated and we are committed to delivering that agreement.
Scotland Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Dunlop
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 19 January 2016.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Scotland Bill.
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