§ 44. Mrs. Bainasked the Lord Advocate if he will explain the criteria by which it is determined whether his presence is required at meetings of the Council of Ministers.
The Lord AdvocateThe question which of Her Majesty's Ministers will attend a particular meeting of the EEC Council of Ministers is decided, generally speaking, by reference to the agenda for that meeting and the commitments of Ministers. I would expect to be present at any meeting where important issues of law or legal policy affecting Scotland and her law were to be discussed. For example, along with the Lord Chancellor I formed part of the United Kingdom delegation to the Council of Ministers of Justice in November 1974, when a large number of items affecting the law of the various parts of the United Kingdom were discussed.