Legislative consent motions

• Details
• Tagged entities

Properties

SES ID

• 91824

Notation

• 91824

In scheme

• Subject

Broader

• Northern Ireland Assembly procedure
• Scottish Parliament procedure
• Welsh Assembly procedure

Related

• Sewel motions

Scope note

• Distinct from Consent motions created under English votes for English laws procedure in October 2015.

Definition

• Refers to Northern Ireland Assembly, Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly motions seeking agreement that the UK Parliament can legislate on devolved matters specified in the motion. Changes to the Scottish Parliament's Standing Orders (Chapter 9B) resulted in a name change from Sewel motions to legislative consent motions on 30 November 2005.