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A concern now is that the UK Government may use its power under section 35 more regularly, in the same way that one bill passed without devolved consent under the 44 Sewel Convention has been followed with repeated further examples , and that the section 35 power may in the future no longer be regarded by the UK Gove...
As soon as a Public Bill (i.e. a Government, Committee or Member s Bill) has completed Stage 1, ’ amendments for consideration at Stage 2 may be lodged; and as soon as Stage 2 is completed, amendments for Stage 3 consideration may be lodged.
I hope that we can revisit the issue, even if that is after May 2026. I have been asking the same questions year after year, and I would like to see that, when we look back in May 2026, the plans have been put in place.