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Written Question
Devolution: Scotland
Tuesday 9th March 2021

Asked by: Liam Fox (Conservative - North Somerset)

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the workings of the Scottish devolved institutions.

Answered by Lord Jack of Courance

As the Secretary of State for Scotland, I have responsibility for the Scotland Act and I am the custodian of the Scottish devolution settlement. In that role, I hold regular meetings with a range of external stakeholders on a variety of subjects and listen to their views. I regularly feed these views back to my ministerial colleagues where appropriate.

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