Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his oral contribution of 6 December 2017, Official Report, column 1021, on what date officials were first instructed to prepare amendments to Clause 11 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill for its Report stage.

We have committed to amend Clause 11 of the Bill in agreement with the Scottish and Welsh Governments. As I have made clear, we had not reached agreement in time to table amendments for Report. Our commitment to amending the Bill is absolute, we have intensified discussions and as these progress we will reflect these by bringing forward changes to the Bill in the House of Lords.