Written question asked by Lord Mawhinney (Conservative) on Friday, 18 July 2014, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Friday, 1 August 2014. It was answered by Baroness Randerson (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 29 July 2014 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.
Devolution
- Question
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To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Randerson on 16 July (HL Deb, col 588), under what circumstances the Sewel Convention would be set aside in order for the national interest to prevail.
- Answer
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Under the Sewel Convention, Parliament would not normally legislate with regard to devolved matters except with the agreement of the devolved legislature. This is an important element of the understandings by which devolution operates across the UK, and we would be reluctant to depart from it in anything other than exceptional circumstances.
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- Reference
- HL1285
- Session
- 2014-15
- Related items
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Northern Ireland: National Crime Agency
Wednesday, 16 July 2014
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House of Lords
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- Devolution
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