Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether the Government has received written amendments from the Scottish Government on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill; and what discussions the Government has had with the Scottish Government on devolved legislative competence in relation to that Bill..

Following the Supreme Court judgement, I confirmed to the Deputy First Minister John Swinney that my officials, and those in the Office of the Advocate General for Scotland, were ready to engage further in relation to the work by the Scottish Government on amendments to bring their Bill within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.

UKG officials have been looking at Scottish Government proposals which are intended to comply with the judgement.

It has always been the responsibility of the Scottish Government to determine how they will comply with the requirements of the Supreme Court judgement. The Scottish Government have yet to formally set out how they plan to proceed.