Advocate General for Scotland: Legislation

(asked on 14th May 2026) - View Source

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 24 March (HL15443), what steps the Office of the Advocate General for Scotland has taken in the last year to meet its legal duty to keep under review the question of when uncommenced legislation that falls within its area of responsibility should be brought into force.


Answered by
Lord Hermer Portrait
Lord Hermer
Attorney General
This question was answered on 1st June 2026

The Office of the Advocate General, along with supporting the Advocate General as a Law Officer, is the Scottish legal team for other UK Government departments.  Decisions about the implementation of uncommenced legislation are made by the UK Government department with responsibility for the legislation in question

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