Kenneth Campbell QC, giving evidence on behalf of the Faculty of Advocates, suggested that he could see value in the Scottish Ministers having this power:
“One can clearly envisage that, if the Scottish Ministers exercised the powers that are conferred elsewhere in the bill, consequential tidying-up things might well need to be done.”iDelegated Powers and Law Reform Committee , Official Report, 26 September, col. 23.
The Committee explored with UK Ministers why the power had not been afforded to the Scottish Ministers.