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SPCB Written Question · S2W-22787 · Session 2

Further to the answer to question S2W-12593 by George Reid on 19 January 2005, what information it has on how many Sewel motions have been …

Answered Asked by Christine Grahame SNP Lodged 31 Jan 2006

The question

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, further to the answer to question S2W-12593 by George Reid on 19 January 2005, what information it has on how many Sewel motions have been passed by the Parliament in each parliamentary year since 1999.

The answer

Answered by George Reid on 28 Feb 2006 · 28 days after it was lodged, on time

Figures are given in the following table:
Numbers of Sewel/Legislative Consent Motions Passed
Session 1

12 May 1999 – 11 May 2000
| 7

12 May 2000 – 11 May 2001
| 16

12 May 2001 – 11 May 2002
| 7

12 May 2002 – 31 March 2003
| 9

Total Session 1
| 39

Session 2

7 May 2003 -6 May 2004
| 13

7 May 2004– 6 May 2005
| 9

7 May 2005 – to date
| 6

Total Session 2
| 28

Total to date
| 67


Further information can be found in these SPICe Factsheets, which are available on the Parliament’s website:
Sewel Motions: Session 1:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/research/factsheets/documents/SewelMotionsSession1.pdf.
Sewel Motions/LCM: Session 2:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/research/factsheets/documents/SewelMotionsandLegislativeConsentMotionsSession2.pdf.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-22787 by reference.