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Proceeding contribution from Lord Hope of Craighead (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 24 February 2016. It occurred during Debate on bills on Scotland Bill.

Moved by

Lord Hope of Craighead

7: Clause 2, page 2, leave out lines 5 to 7 and insert—

“(8) But the Parliament of the United Kingdom may not pass any measure applying to Scotland that makes provision about a devolved matter without the consent of the Scottish Parliament.

(9) A provision is about a devolved matter if the provision—

(a) applies to Scotland and does not relate to reserved matters,

(b) modifies the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament, or

(c) modifies the functions of any member of the Scottish Government.

(10) In subsection (8), “measure” includes any Act, whether a public general Act, a local and personal Act or a private Act, and any statutory or other instrument made under an enactment.”

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
769 c286 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Legislation
Scotland Bill 2015-16
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