Scotland: Right of Appeal to House of Lords (Hansard, 23 October 1997)

HL Deb 23 October 1997 vol 582 cc215-6WA 216WA

Lord Campbell of Croy
asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they have yet taken decisions on a question raised in the debate on the White Paper on Scotland on 30 July, namely on the means by which the proposed legislation on a Scottish Parliament would give effect to their intention to devolve the present right of appeal from a Scottish Court to the House of Lords (HL Debates. col. 203).

§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office (Lord Sewel)
The Government's proposal, as set out in the White Paper.Scotland's Parliament (Cm 3658) is that responsibility for the criminal and civil courts in Scotland should be devolved. We are now considering how best to give effect to that proposal and in particular how it should affect the right of appeal to the House of Lords in civil cases.