Clause 9 - Designations relating to scotland
Energy Bill [Lords]
4:45 pm
Mr Nigel Griffiths (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry; Edinburgh South, Labour)
I am advised that if the hypothetical became reality and there were to be such a court case, the dialogue between the Scottish and English courts would ensure that the authority with jurisdiction over the matter would respond robustly. There is a good dialogue between the legal authorities of the Scottish Executive and those in Whitehall. I am advised that this issue, which hon. Members have rightly highlighted, is not the problem they believe it to be.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 9 ordered to stand part of the Bill.