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Select Committee
Mr Alistair Carmichael, and David Mundell

Oral Evidence Apr. 22 2024

Inquiry: Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Scottish Affairs Committee (Department: Scotland Office)

Found: we had the significant event of the Brexit referendum.


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee Report: “How Devolution is Changing Post-EU” - Tue 09 Jan 2024

Mentions:
1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) , as we have found out through the use of section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998, has a final say over many - Speech Link
2: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) steady erosion of the devolution settlement that we have seen since the Brexit referendum. - Speech Link
3: Forbes, Kate (SNP - Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) recognised contest—a referendum. - Speech Link
4: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) came the Brexit referendum in 2016. - Speech Link
5: Harper, Emma (SNP - South Scotland) to sacrifice on the altar of Brexit.Before I make my final point, I will pick up on what Jackie Dunbar - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Scottish Government: Devolved Competences - Wed 13 Mar 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Goldie (Con - Life peer) taking unsuccessful court action to hold an independence referendum? - Speech Link
2: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, of course the Minister is right that it will be the people of Scotland who have the final say - Speech Link
3: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) Certainly, in the areas that I deal with, I really try to do that—with things like borders, for example - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) But there is a report out today from UK in a Changing Europe titled Brexit and the State, which says - Speech Link


Scottish Government Publication (Research and analysis)

Feb. 02 2024

Source Page: Building a New Scotland papers: downloadable versions
Document: Paper 2: Renewing democracy through independence (PDF)

Found: Building a New Scotland papers: downloadable versions


Select Committee
Cabinet Office, and University of Edinburgh

Oral Evidence May. 20 2024

Inquiry: Intergovernmental Relations: The Civil Service
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Scottish Affairs Committee (Department: Scotland Office)

Found: , not least a referendum and then Brexit, this was one issue that I did not have to spend a lot of


Lords Chamber
United Kingdom: Union - Thu 14 Mar 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Goldie (Con - Life peer) devolved Government, is not per se a bar to relationships.My final question—perhaps the most important—is - Speech Link
2: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Our Britishness is about much more than the passport we hold. - Speech Link
3: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) might lose the referendum, so out of touch we were. - Speech Link
4: Lord Inglewood (Non-affiliated - Excepted Hereditary) In a variety of ways, it has a great deal going for it, but there are a number of pockets of real deprivation - Speech Link
5: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) I invite him, gently and with a great deal of respect, to consider his use of language and whether the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
United Kingdom Internal Market - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Steve Baker (Con - Wycombe) him as an ideological bedfellow, both on the Union and on Brexit—but as his group leader, the right - Speech Link
2: Steve Baker (Con - Wycombe) This is a moment of great feeling for me, because before the referendum vote, I and other colleagues - Speech Link
3: Theresa Villiers (Con - Chipping Barnet) the result of the 2016 referendum to leave the European Union. - Speech Link
4: Julian Smith (Con - Skipton and Ripon) that have shown great patience since the Brexit vote on how to resolve many of the practical issues - Speech Link
5: Sammy Wilson (DUP - East Antrim) the final say.Secondly, my hon. - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Scotland’s Economy - Wed 13 Mar 2024

Mentions:
1: McAllan, Màiri (SNP - Clydesdale) as a result of Brexit, a Brexit which is supported by three of the four largest parties in the UK Parliament - Speech Link
2: Rennie, Willie (LD - North East Fife) referendum, which had a direct impact on the business community and our economy, to Brexit, Boris Johnson - Speech Link
3: Brown, Keith (SNP - Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) in which we find ourselves.Willie Rennie spoke about the independence referendum as being a brake on - Speech Link
4: Grant, Rhoda (Lab - Highlands and Islands) integral” part of the Moray growth deal board. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill
2nd reading - Wed 21 Feb 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer) My Lords, I have a vivid memory of speaking at a meeting during the referendum campaign back in 2016. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LD - Life peer) Before I go on to deal with what the Bill includes, I will mention those issues which it does not: banning - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Intergovernmental Relations Within the United Kingdom - Thu 18 Jan 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Earl of Kinnoull (XB - Excepted Hereditary) finishing post and, as I said, the final document surfaced on 13 January 2022, about four years after - Speech Link
2: Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie (Con - Life peer) Perhaps we could agree on what thresholds need to be reached before any future constitutional referendum - Speech Link
3: Lord Wigley (PC - Life peer) By the 2011 referendum, there was a two-to-one majority for giving the Assembly legislative competence - Speech Link
4: Lord Murphy of Torfaen (Lab - Life peer) It is a phrase we used in Northern Ireland a great deal in setting up the Good Friday agreement, but - Speech Link