He also referenced the Scottish Government’s previous proposals for how the Convention “could be properly put on a legislative footing.”9Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture in response to the Committee's inquiry. (2023, June 26). Retrieved from <a href="https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/constitution-europe-external-affairs-and-culture-committee/correspondence/2023/from-cab-sec-ceac-to-convener-ceeac-committee-re-questions--26-jun-23.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/constitution-europe-external-affairs-and-culture-committee/correspondence/2023/from-cab-sec-ceac-to-convener-ceeac-committee-re-questions--26-jun-23.pdf</a>
Those proposals included “a draft clause” which if enacted would provide that the UK Parliament “must not pass Acts applying to Scotland that make provision about a devolved matter without the consent of the Scottish Parliament.”10Scottish Government. (2015, June 15).