Member

As I am sure the Minister understands, the Sewel convention does not extend to delegated legislation—that is the concern that I have in moving this amendment—so it cannot be said that UK Ministers are required by convention to seek the consent of the devolved Administrations before exercising these powers. There is at least a risk that, unless something is said about this in the Bill, these powers could be exercised to engage matters that are not reserved to the UK Ministers in ways that would impinge significantly on devolved competence without the devolved Administrations being involved.