How many legislative consent motions, formerly Sewel motions, have been approved by the Parliament in each year since 1999.

The information requested is set out in the following tables.
Sewel Motions by Parliamentary Year
- Session 1

| Sewel Motions

12 May 1999 “ 11 May 2000
| 10

12 May 2000 “ 11 May 2001
| 15

12 May 2001 “ 11 May 2002
| 7

12 May 2002 “ 31 March 2003
| 9

Total Session 1
| 41

*These figures differ from those in Scottish Parliament Fact Sheet FS4-06 (9 January 2008) and have been adjusted to enable a direct comparison with subsequent years. The adjusted figures represent a separate motion for each relevant bill. Initial practice in the Parliament was to allow one motion to cover more than one bill. The fact sheet figures are seven and 16 respectively.
Sewel Motions / Legislative Consent Motions by Parliamentary Year
- Session 2

| Sewel Motions/LCMs*

7 May 2003
- 6 May 2004
| 13

7 May 2004 “ 6 May 2005
| 9

7 May 2005 “ 6 May 2006
| 8 (+2 memoranda**)

7 May 2006
- 2 April 2007
| 8 (+1 memorandum**)

Total Session 2
| 38 (41 memoranda)

Notes:
*Chapter 9B of Standing Orders, setting out the new LCM procedure and replacing Sewel Motions, was inserted on 30 November 2005.
**There were three instances in which Legislative Consent Memoranda were required to be lodged in accordance with Standing Orders, but no Legislative Consent Motion resulted.
Legislative Consent Motions by Parliamentary Year
- Session 3

| LCMs

9 May 2007 “ 8 May 2008
| 8

9 May 2008 “ Present
| 2

Total Session 3 to date
| 10