Written Question · S2W-05083 · Session 2
Further to the answer to question S1W-26727 by Patricia Ferguson on 16 July 2002, how many Sewel motions it has lodged with the Parliament …
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26727 by Patricia Ferguson on 16 July 2002, how many Sewel motions it has lodged with the Parliament in each year since 2001 and how many bills Sewel motions have covered in each year since 1999.
The answer
The information is set outin the following table.
| Number of Sewel Motions
| Number of Bills
1999 (from 1 July)
| 5
| 5
2000
| 11
| 10
2001
| 13
| 12
2002
| 9
| 7
2003
| 8
| 7
Total
| 46*
| 41*
*This difference is accounted for by three bills which each required one supplementary Sewel motion and one bill which required two supplementary Sewel motions.
| Number of Sewel Motions
| Number of Bills
1999 (from 1 July)
| 5
| 5
2000
| 11
| 10
2001
| 13
| 12
2002
| 9
| 7
2003
| 8
| 7
Total
| 46*
| 41*
*This difference is accounted for by three bills which each required one supplementary Sewel motion and one bill which required two supplementary Sewel motions.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-05083 by reference.