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Proceeding contribution from Lord Wallace of Tankerness (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 2 February 2012. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Scotland Bill.

Scotland Bill

Indeed, I can confirm that the Lord Advocate has referred cases directly to the Supreme Court; the so-called ““sons of Cadder”” cases were on references by the Lord Advocate to the Supreme Court within the last 12 months. So it clearly has been done. Those were cases clearly where there was a wish to get clarity in some of the implications of the original Cadder judgment. So there are certainly good arguments as to why that should be there, and ones that I am certainly prepared to listen to further.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
734 c1782 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Criminal proceedings Devolved matters Appeals BBC Broadcasting Devolution Airguns Antarctic Certification Housing Fees and charges Licensing Firearms Human rights Judiciary EU law Energy Legislative competence Housing associations Insolvency Health professions Higher education Franchises Powers Public appointments Nuclear power Railways Loans Ministers Lord Advocate Scotland Regulation Scottish Parliament Supreme Court Students ScotRail BBC Trust Scottish Government Legislative consent motions British students abroad
Legislation
Scotland Bill 2010-12
Link
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