Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2017 to Question 61526, if he will make it his Department's policy to bring forward legislative proposals to prevent the UK Parliament from passing legislation applying to Scotland that makes provision about a devolved matter without the consent of the Scottish Parliament.

The Sewel Convention has been placed on a statutory footing by section 2 of the Scotland Act 2016, which states that the UK Parliament will not normally legislate with regard to devolved matters without consent of the Scottish Parliament. The UK Government’s approach has not changed.