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427755

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Ministers of the Scottish Government on the devolution of abortion legislation to the Scottish Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	16069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>I have had discussions with Ministers on the Smith Commission Agreement and the Scotland Bill. The Secretary of State for Scotland has spoken to women’s groups in Scotland about devolution of abortion legislation, and Department of Health officials have had informal discussions and communication with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists on this matter.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 16067 16068 question first answered 16/11/2015 18:00:57 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

427756

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with organisations representing women in (a) Scotland, (b) England and (c) Wales on the devolution of abortion legislation to the Scottish Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	16068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>I have had discussions with Ministers on the Smith Commission Agreement and the Scotland Bill. The Secretary of State for Scotland has spoken to women’s groups in Scotland about devolution of abortion legislation, and Department of Health officials have had informal discussions and communication with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists on this matter.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 16067 16069 question first answered 16/11/2015 18:00:57 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

427757

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges on the devolution of abortion legislation to the Scottish Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	16067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>I have had discussions with Ministers on the Smith Commission Agreement and the Scotland Bill. The Secretary of State for Scotland has spoken to women’s groups in Scotland about devolution of abortion legislation, and Department of Health officials have had informal discussions and communication with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists on this matter.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 16068 16069 question first answered 16/11/2015 18:00:57 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

427816

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Abortion: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he had with women's organisations in Scotland prior to his proposal to devolve responsibility for abortion legislation to the Scottish Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	16070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>The Smith Commission considered the issue of the devolution of abortion carefully and was ‘strongly of the view to recommend the devolution of abortion' and regarded it as an 'anomalous health reservation.' The Smith Agreement said that ‘further serious consideration should be given to its devolution and a process should be established immediately to consider the matter further.’ That process took place between the UK and Scottish Governments and resulted in an amendment to the Scotland Bill to devolve responsibility for abortion law to the Scottish Parliament. Since laying that amendment the Government has been engaging with interested parties about how the process of devolution will work and it will be for the Scottish Government to set out what approach it will take once responsibility for abortion law rests with the Scottish Parliament. The 1967 Act will continue to apply in Scotland unless and until the Scottish Parliament chooses to legislate in this area, and the First Minister recently confirmed that the Scottish Government have no plans to do so.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 16/11/2015 17:01:36 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray