5. Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:30 pm on 17 January 2018.

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Photo of Mark Isherwood Mark Isherwood Conservative 3:30, 17 January 2018

I'm coming to that. I share the disappointment expressed by David Lidington, which I'm going to come to.

As the Scottish Conservatives' constitutional spokesperson said last weekend,

'clause 11 of the bill needs to be amended to restore the spirit of the Scotland Act.'

And obviously, by association, legislation applying here. He said:

'There is a fundamental principle on which Scottish devolution rests and has rested since its creation 20 years ago which is that everything is devolved unless it is expressly reserved.'

He said,

'that is the principle that clause 11 needs to be amended to comply with and that is our position too.... It is relatively easily done. This does not have to be difficult.'

May I say that that is also the Welsh Conservatives' position here?