Asked by: Patrick Grady (Scottish National Party - Glasgow North)
Question to the Leader of the House:
To ask the Leader of the House, under what circumstances Right Honourable Members of the House would be (a) invited and (b) entitled to attend a meeting of the Privy Council.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
There are currently some 680 members of the Privy Council, but only ministers of the current Government attend scheduled meetings of Her Majesty’s Privy Council, and are notified or invited on a meeting by meeting basis. I attend each Privy Council meeting in my capacity of Lord President of the Council, together with a quorum of three further Government ministers. The quorum are invited on a rota basis, dependent on availability.
There are, however, two occasions when the whole of the Privy Council is invited to attend a meeting; the announcement of the intention of a reigning Sovereign to marry; and, the Accession Council. The Privy Council Office has detailed procedures in place for contacting all Privy Counsellors in this event.
Asked by: Patrick Grady (Scottish National Party - Glasgow North)
Question to the Leader of the House:
To ask the Leader of the House, what procedures are in place for notifying Rt hon Members of when meetings of the Privy Council are scheduled.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Privy Counsellors are notified of scheduled meetings by invitation to attend. Details of Privy Council meetings, together with the list of attendees, is published after each meeting on the Privy Council Website, https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/privy-council/privy-council-meetings/.
Asked by: Patrick Grady (Scottish National Party - Glasgow North)
Question to the Leader of the House:
To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to her Oral Statement on 26 October 2017, Official Report, column 461, what she meant by her statement that she would encourage her hon. Friends to hold the Scottish Government to account.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The implementation of laws and policies that are devolved to Scotland are the responsibility of the Scottish Government. They are, therefore, accountable for all devolved decision making, and these matters should be raised in the Scottish Parliament with the Scottish Government.
Asked by: Patrick Grady (Scottish National Party - Glasgow North)
Question to the Leader of the House:
To ask the Leader of the House, what discussions he has had with Ministers or officials of HM Treasury on the effect of Government proposals for English votes for English laws on the future of the block grant for Scotland.
Answered by Chris Grayling
On Thursday 15 October 2015 I published the Government's updated proposals for English votes for English laws. I had many discussions before publishing these updated proposals, including with Ministerial Colleagues and officials, and I have also listened to the Procedure Committee. The House will have the opportunity to debate the issue on Thursday 22 October 2015.