Moved by
Lord Wigley
92A: After Clause 11, insert the following new Clause—
“Joint Ministerial Committee
(1) The Joint Ministerial Committee is to consist of —
(a) one member appointed by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom;
(b) one member appointed by the First Minister of Scotland;
(c) one member appointed by the First Minister of Wales; and
(d) one member appointed by the First Minister and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland,
or, if it is not possible to appoint four members, the member appointed by the Prime Minister under paragraph (a) and two members appointed under paragraphs (b) to (d).
(2) The persons referred to in subsection (1) may—
(a) appoint themselves to the Joint Ministerial Committee; and
(b) appoint different members for different meetings of the Committee.
(3) The Joint Ministerial Committee must be chaired by the member appointed by the Prime Minister.
(4) Where there is a proposal from any member of the Joint Ministerial Committee for a decision to be made on any question, that proposal must be approved only where—
(a) in the case of there being four appointed members, there is an affirmative vote by at least three of its members;
(b) in the case of there being three appointed members, there is an affirmative vote by at least two of its members.
(5) No recommendation is to be made to Her Majesty in Council to make an Order in Council under the provisions of section 11 of this Act without its having been first approved by the Joint Ministerial Committee.
(6) No UK framework providing for agreed action on matters which were, on the day immediately preceding exit day, devolved to Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland may take effect without its having been first approved by the Joint Ministerial Committee.
(7) In this section, “the Joint Ministerial Committee” means the body set up in accordance with Supplementary Agreement A of the Memorandum of Understanding on Devolution between Her Majesty’s Government, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive Committee.”