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  Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill - Delegate appointments of senior civil servants to Scotland - rejected
  
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  The majority of MPs voted against requiring the Minister of the civil service to delegate appointment and approval of senior civil servants in the Scottish Executive to the Home Civil Service in Edinburgh.
  
  I beg to move amendment 48, in [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmbills/142/09142.1-7.html#jcivilservicescope page 3, line 7], at end add-
  
  '(6) The Minister for the Civil Service shall delegate the appointment and approval of senior civil servants to senior posts in the Scottish Executive to the Head of the Home Civil Service, acting on advice of the Civil Service Commission.'.
  
  
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