Scotland Act 1998: Section 35 Power

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 1:54 pm on 17 January 2023.

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Photo of Deidre Brock Deidre Brock Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Wales), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (COP26), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (House of Commons Business) 1:54, 17 January 2023

As has been clarified by my hon. Friend Mhairi Black, this Bill has been under consideration by the Scottish Parliament for six years. If the UK Government thought there was some legal basis for challenging the Bill, why did they not do so in the Supreme Court through a section 33 order before now, as they have done previously?