§ The Earl of Mar and Kellieasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the Act of Settlement 1701, a pre-Union Act, has been extended to Scotland. [HL5075]
§ The Lord Chancellor (Lord Irvine of Lairg)Yes. The provisions of the Act of Settlement 1701 relating to the succession to the monarchy of the United Kingdom were extended to Scotland by Article II of the Treaty of Union with Scotland, incorporated in the Union with Scotland Act 1706.