The "Sewel Convention"
The Sewel Convention applies when the UK Parliament legislates on a matter which is devolved to the Scottish Parliament.
DevolutionParliamentary procedureScottish Parliament
Briefing
This paper has been superseded by the following Library briefings:
Brexit: devolution and legislative consent (CBP 08274, March 2018)
Legislative Consent and the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill (2017-19) (CBP 08275, May 2018)
Insight: Legislative consent: what, why and how? (April 2018)
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