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Scotland Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Hope of Craighead (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 24 November 2015. It occurred during Debate on bills on Scotland Bill.

I am fascinated by what the noble Lord is saying, but the problem is that the Smith agreement was to create these undertakings in law. The difficulty I have is how you can reconcile that proposal with the memorandum that has been quoted, and then provide a formula that the courts can adjudicate on. I find that extremely difficult, but one cannot slide round it by saying that this is simply a political exercise.

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Reference

767 c639 

Session

2015-16

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Legislation

Scotland Bill 2015-16
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