The Sewel Convention: the Westminster perspective Government response to the Committee's fourth report of session 2005-06 second special report of session 2005-06

House of Commons papers 1634 2005-06

Corporate Author:

Great Britain Parliament House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee

Author:

Mohammad Sarwar (chairman)

Publisher:

TSO (The Stationery Office)

The Sewel Convention seeks to ensure that the UK Parliament legislates on devolved matters only with the express agreement of the Scottish Parliament, and consent is also required for legislation on reserved matters if it alters the powers of the Scottish Parliament or Scottish Ministers. This document sets out the Government's response to the Committee's report (HCP 983, session 2005-06; ISBN 0215029240) into ways of improving the communications procedure between the Scottish and Westminster Parliaments, and how MPs could be better alerted that a particular Bill before Parliament had been subject to a Sewel motion in the Scottish Parliament.

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