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Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]

My Lords, there is another Scottish point that ought to be drawn to your Lordships’ attention. On 19 March, the Scottish Parliament debated these matters. Mr Kenny MacAskill, the Justice Minister, said at col. 16074 of its Official Report: "““The Government believes that the UK Government has acted inappropriately in ignoring our and the judiciary’s request to delay the process because we have an on-going review of the structure of civil courts and law in Scotland … I am happy to go back to the UK Government to make it clear that many members in the Parliament have expressed the view that the UK Government’s attitude is not as we would wish. We cannot do anything about that””." Since then, I understand that there has been correspondence between Mr MacAskill and the Minister in another place, Mr Phil Woolas, and that it has been agreed that Clause 52 shall not be brought into effect until the completion of the inquiry by the Scottish Parliament into the manner in which the powers will be exercised in Scotland. Will the Minister confirm that this undertaking has been given to the Scottish Parliament, so that we have it on the record?