I am bound to say that I am very troubled by this whole matter and we will have to return to it on Report. Leaving the clause in its present form is bound to create instability—for reasons that I need not expand on further. Having given notice that I will come back to this on Report, I do not intend to move the amendment.
Scotland Bill
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Lord Hope of Craighead
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 8 December 2015.
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