Constitution Committee launches follow up inquiry on governance of the Union

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The House of Lords Constitution Committee has launched an inquiry on relations between the national and devolved administrations further to the report ‘Respect and Cooperation: Building a stronger union for the 21st century’, which was published in January 2022. The Committee has called for evidence on: cooperation via the new intergovernmental relations arrangements that were introduced in 2022; consultation by the UK government with devolved administrations; and legislative consent under the Sewel convention. The deadline for written submissions is 8 April 2024.