Scotland Act 1998: Section 35 Power Debate

Full Debate: Read Full Debate
Department: Scotland Office
Tuesday 17th January 2023

(1 year, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
Read Full debate Read Hansard Text Watch Debate Read Debate Ministerial Extracts
Alister Jack Portrait Mr Jack
- View Speech - Hansard - - - Excerpts

What we are trying to do is avoid having two conflicting regimes either side of the border.

Nick Fletcher Portrait Nick Fletcher (Don Valley) (Con)
- View Speech - Hansard - -

I stand in full support of the Secretary of State’s decision this morning. Does he agree that the SNP is using this subject to deliberately cause division to further its single-issue campaign of creating an independent Scotland, regardless of the consequences for children and women across this nation?

Alister Jack Portrait Mr Jack
- View Speech - Hansard - - - Excerpts

That is the conclusion that some people might have reached when listening to the question of the right hon. Member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber (Ian Blackford).