HC Deb 22 July 2004 vol 424 cc460-1W
Mr. Lazarowicz

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland pursuant to his answer of 7 July 2004,Official Report, column 709W, on Sewel motions, what Westminster legislation has been enacted in respect of each Sewel motion. [184967]

Mrs. McGuire

Sewel motions passed by the Scottish Parliament have been relevant to the following enactments of the UK Parliament:

Enactment Date Sewel motion approved
Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, c.5 20 November 2003
Gender Recognition Act 2004, c.I 5 February 2004
Higher Education Act 2004, c.8 12 February 2004
Justice (Northern Ireland) 2004, c.4 18 March 2001
* Approval of Westminster legislation by the Scottish Parliament before it assumed its full powers on 1 July 1999.

The following Sewel motions have been passed by the Scottish Parliament in relation to Bills that have either subsequently not been enacted in the UK Parliament or have not yet completed their parliamentary consideration:

Sewel motion/Bill Date approved Status
Outworking 31 January 2001 Private Member's Bill dropped
Culture and Recreation 8 March 2001 Not proceeded with after second reading in House of Lords
Health Protection Agency 29 January 2004 Bill currently before Parliament
Energy 4 February 2004 Bill currently before parliment
Asylum and Immigration(Treatment for Claimants etc.) 12 February 2004 Bill currently before Parliament
Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) 4 March 2004 Bill currently before Parliament
Civil Contingencies 4 March 2004 Bill currently before Parliament
Civil Partnership 3 June 2004 Bill currently before Parliament