Smith Commission, scottish independence, scottish devolution
Academics give evidence on constitutional implications of draft Scotland clauses
5 February 2015
The Political and Constitutional Affairs Committee take evidence from academics in a session to scrutinise pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft clauses for a Bill to implement further devolution to Scotland.
- Parliament TV: Constitutional implications of draft Scotland clauses
- Inquiry: Constitutional implications of draft Scotland clauses
- Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
- The Government’s Command Paper: Scotland in the United Kingdom: an enduring settlement (draft clauses are annexed)
Witnesses
Monday 9 February 2015 at 5.15pm, Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
At 5.15pm
- Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, Professor of European and Human Rights Law, University of Oxford
- Dr Eve Hepburn, Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Edinburgh
- Professor Michael Keating FRSE FBA, Professor of Politics, University of Aberdeen
Background
The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee is undertaking pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft clauses for a Bill to implement the Smith Commission Agreement which the Government published on 22 January 2014, with a particular focus on the constitutional arrangements for further devolution to Scotland set out in the draft clauses.