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HANSARDTransport (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2023I would be very happy to clarify that point. We have covered the matters raised, so I will finish by reflecting and agreeing with the noble Lord, Lord Bruce, on how the majority…17 Jan 2023HANSARDTransport (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2023The local rules for competition will be set by the Scottish Government within the Scottish jurisdiction. The whole point of this is to allow them to do that; they will set their…17 Jan 2023HANSARDTransport (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2023I thank noble Lords very much for those succinct questions. I turn first to the noble Lord, Lord Bruce, and the operation of the low-emission zones. These are appearing in all…17 Jan 2023HANSARDScottish IndependenceThe noble Lord is obviously well versed in the Scottish economy and Scottish affairs. I make two observations on the paper, the glossy document. First, as we have come to expect…07 Dec 2022HANSARDScottish IndependenceAs we have said many times in this Chamber, the Scottish people had their say in 2014. Some 3.6 million Scots voted: 84% of the electorate. It was the highest turnout anywhere…07 Dec 2022HANSARDScottish IndependenceI agree with the noble Lord; 60% of Scottish trade is with England, 20% is with the EU and 20% is international. This is part of the issue not addressed in the paper. I point to a…07 Dec 2022HANSARDScottish IndependenceThe noble Lord has great knowledge of these matters. The UK Government have just announced £4 billion of new shipbuilding orders coming to the Clyde and Rosyth. It has been noted…07 Dec 2022HANSARDScottish IndependenceThat is quite a long shopping list. We can see the strength of the United Kingdom in the measures recently put forward to address the cost of living crisis, which are distributed…07 Dec 2022HANSARDScottish IndependenceMy Lords, I can answer the Question from the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, by confirming that His Majesty’s Government have had no discussions with the Scottish Government about the…07 Dec 2022HANSARDScottish IndependenceAs the noble Lord was an active parliamentarian at that time, I am sure he can confirm that the devolution settlement enacted in the Scotland Act 1998 did not envisage a scenario…07 Dec 2022HANSARDScottish IndependenceThe noble Lord should be well aware that Gordon Brown has been on this journey for quite a while; he proposes a federal United Kingdom. But when one of the four nations has 85% of…07 Dec 2022HANSARDScottish Referendum Legislation: Supreme Court JudgementMy noble friend is an eminent former Secretary of State for Scotland and knows his territory well. He will also be aware of the architecture put in place at the time of the 1998…24 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Referendum Legislation: Supreme Court JudgementMy Lords, the UK Government note and respect the unanimous ruling by the Supreme Court that the Scottish Government do not have legislative competence to hold a referendum. The…24 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Referendum Legislation: Supreme Court JudgementThe SNP does not have a majority in Holyrood and therefore cannot say that it has a majority. As the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, pointed out, the SNP’s own prospectus for…24 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Referendum Legislation: Supreme Court JudgementThe Scottish Government have been dominated by the Scottish National Party for eight elections in a row. They have done that on the basis of 1.3 million to 1.4 million votes, and…24 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Referendum Legislation: Supreme Court JudgementThe noble Lord, another eminent Scottish politician, is well aware of the circumstances in which they are operating. There is no need to be talking about another referendum. The…24 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Referendum Legislation: Supreme Court JudgementI assure the noble Lord, Lord Reid, another distinguished former Scottish Secretary, that there the UK Government have no plans to alter the constitutional settlement any further.…24 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Referendum Legislation: Supreme Court JudgementThe noble Lord will be aware that under the devolution settlement the UK Government do not prescribe to the Scottish Government how to spend the money sent north of the border.…24 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Parliament: Independence ReferendumMy Lords, Her Majesty’s Government are clearly of the view that now is not the time to talk about another independence referendum in Scotland. People across Scotland want to see…20 Jul 2022HANSARDScottish Parliament: Independence ReferendumI think we should always turn the argument back on them. They claim that they want to make Scotland wealthier, happier and fairer, but they have not given us any arguments as to…20 Jul 2022