§ Annabelle EwingTo ask the Advocate-General, pursuant to her answer of 15 January 2002,Official Report, column 169W, under what powers the Human Reproductive Cloning Act 2001 was extended to Scotland. [28798]
The Advocate-GeneralThe Human Reproductive Cloning Act 2001 is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament. This Parliament can legislate on any subject for the whole of the United Kingdom. A United Kingdom Act applies to Scotland unless stated otherwise. As this Act is not expressly restricted in its extent it applies to Scotland. The subject matter of the Act is in any case reserved to the United Kingdom Parliament by section J3 of schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998.