Did the noble Lord notice that this very week, the Scottish Parliament sought to argue that the Sewel convention would apply to the Trade Union Bill? The Presiding Officer took the view that it would not but the First Minister indicated that she plans to have a word with the Prime Minister about this, arguing that because there are trade unions in Scotland, there is a Scottish dimension and therefore there should be some kind of legislative consent procedure. Does that not underline how important it is to define what is meant by the Sewel convention and to have legislation that is clear?
Constitutional Convention Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Friday, 11 December 2015.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Constitutional Convention Bill [HL].
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