Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to comments in the Supreme Court's ruling in R (on the application of Miller and another) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on the purpose of the legislative recognition of the Sewel Convention in the Scotland Act 2016 being to entrench it as a convention, if his Department will examine the purpose, validity and legal effectiveness of section 2 of the Scotland Act 2016.

Section 2 of the Scotland Act 2016 delivers the cross-party Smith Commission Agreement by placing the Sewel Convention on a statutory footing.

The UK Government’s position on the Sewel Convention has not changed since the passage of the Scotland Act 2016.