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Lord Sewel mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]
87 speeches (22,238 words)
Committee stage
Wednesday 27th November 2024 - Grand Committee
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab - Life peer) secondary legislation, I was a Whip on the Scotland Bill and I remember the discussions involving Lord Sewel - Link to Speech

House of Lords Conduct Committee: Code of Conduct Review
35 speeches (17,214 words)
Tuesday 8th October 2024 - Grand Committee

Mentions:
1: Lord Hope of Craighead (XB - Life peer) The question reminds me, and I am sure many other noble Lords, of the case of Lord Sewel, whose conduct - Link to Speech

Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (Second sitting)
112 speeches (20,184 words)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting
Tuesday 5th September 2023 - Public Bill Committees
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Wayne David (LAB - Caerphilly) In my view, on a proper understanding of the scope of the Sewel convention—that is to say, as Lord Sewel - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 13th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Queens University Belfast, and University of Ulster

The Governance of the Union: Consultation, Co-operation and Legislative Consent - Constitution Committee

Found: join you in the historical points—and I might get the dates wrong off the top of my head—Lord Sewel

Wednesday 13th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Queens University Belfast, and University of Ulster

The Governance of the Union: Consultation, Co-operation and Legislative Consent - Constitution Committee

Found: join you in the historical points—and I might get the dates wrong off the top of my head—Lord Sewel

Monday 19th February 2024
Oral Evidence - Mr Douglas Alexander, Lord Browne of Ladyton, and Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke

Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998 - Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: We were quite comfortable with the Sewel convention and indeed Lord Sewel was, at that time, one of

Tuesday 17th October 2023
Written Evidence - Law Society of Scotland
IGR0008 - Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998

Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998 - Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: However, following a statement made by Lord Sewel during the Committee Stage in the House of Lords

Wednesday 29th September 2021
Written Evidence - University of Aberdeen
FGU0053 - Future Governance of the UK

Future Governance of the UK - Constitution Committee

Found: In the parliamentary debates on the Scotland Act, the minister Lord Sewel declared that the Government

Monday 13th September 2021
Written Evidence - Liverpool John Moores University
TTC0013 - The procedure of the House of Commons and the territorial constitution

The procedure of the House of Commons and the territorial constitution - Procedure Committee

Found: Constitution after Miller: Brexit and Beyond (Oxford: Hart, 2018), pp.155-180, at pp.159-162.21 Lord Sewel

Monday 19th April 2021
Written Evidence - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee, Welsh Parliament
TTC0011 - The procedure of the House of Commons and the territorial constitution

The procedure of the House of Commons and the territorial constitution - Procedure Committee

Found: the Sewel Convention and its application has not been formalised or developed in substance since Lord Sewel

Monday 9th November 2020
Oral Evidence - The Law Society of Scotland, deafscotland, Benjamin Gill, Moira Crawford, Rosemary Dickson, NFU Scotland, and Citizens Advice Scotland
The Law Society of Scotland, deafscotland, Benjamin Gill, Moira Crawford, Rosemary Dickson, NFU Scotland, and Citizens Advice Scotland

My Scottish Affairs 2020 - Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: Having been in the Opposition adviser™s box in the House of Lords when Lord Sewel announced the convention



Parliamentary Research
The United Kingdom constitution - a mapping exercise - CBP-9384
Nov. 26 2024

Found: Secretary of State for Wales. 199 Memorandum of Understanding , para 14 . 200 So called after Lord Sewel

The Secretary of State's veto and the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill - CBP-9705
Jan. 25 2023

Found: any remedial action.7 During House of Lords consideration of what became the Scotland Act 1998, Lord Sewel



Department Publications - Policy paper
Wednesday 10th August 2022
Scotland Office
Source Page: Supreme Court Case No. 2022/0098: Written Submission
Document: Written Case of behalf of Her Majesty's Advocate General for Scotland UKSC 2022/0098 (PDF)

Found: Donald Dewar MP), the Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State at the Scottish Office (Lord Sewel



Non-Departmental Publications - Policy paper
Aug. 10 2022
Office of the Advocate General for Scotland (OAG)
Source Page: Supreme Court Case No. 2022/0098: Written Submission
Document: Written Case of behalf of Her Majesty's Advocate General for Scotland UKSC 2022/0098 (PDF)
Policy paper

Found: Donald Dewar MP), the Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State at the Scottish Office (Lord Sewel




Lord Sewel mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Government Publications
Friday 2nd February 2024

Source Page: Building a New Scotland papers: downloadable versions
Document: Paper 2: Renewing democracy through independence (PDF)

Found: ’s future in Scotland’s hands , p4 and note 7 22 The terms of the policy were first set out by Lord Sewel

Thursday 31st August 2023

Source Page: Gender recognition reform: Section 35 Order challenge - petition
Document: Gender recognition reform: Section 35 Order challenge - note of argument for the Scottish Ministers (PDF)

Found: of State for Scotland, Rt Hon Donald Dewar MP (HC Deb 12 May 1998 Vol 312 c.274 at 6/19 ) and Lord Sewel

Wednesday 19th April 2023

Source Page: Challenge to UK Government’s Section 35 Order on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Ministerial statement
Document: Challenge to UK Government’s Section 35 Order on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Ministerial statement (webpage)

Found: intention for how powers should operate was made clear in comments made by the UK Government Minister Lord Sewel

Wednesday 31st August 2022
Constitution Directorate
Source Page: Road worker fatalities or serious injuries on the network: EIR release
Document: FOI 202200314022 - Information released (PDF)

Found: (Hansard, HC, Vol 312, Cols . 257-258) (ii) Lord Sewel (in charge of the Bill in the Lords ) stated

Friday 22nd July 2022

Source Page: Lord Advocate’s Written Case: whether the question for a referendum on Scottish Independence contained in the proposed referendum Bill relates to reserved matters
Document: Lord Advocate's Written Case (PDF)

Found: (Hansard, HC, Vol 312, Cols . 257-258) (ii) Lord Sewel (in charge of the Bill in the Lords ) stated

Thursday 14th July 2022
Constitution Directorate
Source Page: Renewing democracy through independence
Document: Renewing Democracy through Independence (PDF)

Found: ’s future in Scotland’s hands , p4 and note 7 22 The terms of the policy were first set out by Lord Sewel



Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: Implications for Scotland
Thursday 24th August 2017
This briefing examines the proposals in the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill focussing on those which relate to the role and powers of the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government.
View source webpage

Found: “The convention takes its name from Lord Sewel, the Minister of State in the Scotland Office in the House



Scottish Parliamentary Debates
Protecting Devolution and the Scottish Parliament
20 speeches (55,997 words)
Tuesday 30th May 2023 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) the Sewel convention so that we could go further than the concept that was put on the record by Lord Sewel - Link to Speech

Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Section 35 Order
34 speeches (24,922 words)
Wednesday 19th April 2023 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) intention behind how the powers should operate was made clear in comments by the UK Government minister Lord Sewel - Link to Speech

Brexit (Impact on Devolution)
90 speeches (111,300 words)
Thursday 17th November 2022 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Boyack, Sarah (Lab - Lothian) Its origins were in the passage of the Labour Government’s Scotland Bill in 1998, when Lord Sewel said - Link to Speech

Legislative Consent after Brexit
52 speeches (76,732 words)
Thursday 19th May 2022 - Committee
Mentions:
1: None was present in the House of Lords on that day in July 1998, in the Opposition advisers’ box, when Lord Sewel - Link to Speech
2: None There certainly was considerable debate about whether the convention as enunciated by Lord Sewel was - Link to Speech