Comment: There are reasons to worry about the future of devolution

WHEN the Scottish Parliament was established in 1999, the UK Parliament’s sovereignty was unaffected. Still, the minister in charge of the Scotland Bill, Lord Sewel, declared that he expected a convention to develop whereby Westminster would not normally legislate in relation to devolved matters without Holyrood’s consent. The Sewel Convention is a crucially important part of the UK’s devolution arrangements, providing the major constitutional protection for the devolved institutions’ autonomy. In recognition of its constitutional significance, the Smith Commission recommended that it be placed on a statutory footing. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16299173.Comment__There_are_reasons_to_worry_about_the_future_of_devolution/