UK Parliament / Open data

European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

Not only do the agreements that we have reached with the Welsh Government and embodied in these amendments respect the devolution settlement—

indeed, Welsh Ministers have said very firmly that they believe that devolution is fully respected—but I think that we have complied in full with our obligations under the Sewel convention. The right hon. Gentleman should look again at the statement by Mr Mike Russell, the Minister for UK Negotiations on Scotland’s Place in Europe from the Scottish Government, who described the situation we are in as a “novel” one and said:

“In normal times, such a bill would follow a normal timetable, but these are not normal times.”—[Scottish Parliament, Official Report, 1 March 2018; c. 29.]

It is the Scottish Government who are saying that we are not in a normal situation.

About this proceeding contribution

Reference

642 cc841-2 

Session

2017-19

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
Back to top