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  Scotland Bill - Clause 53 - Consultation with Scottish Ministers On Renewable Electricity Incentive Schemes
  
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  MPs were considering the Scotland Bill[1]
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 154, page 60, leave out lines 9 to 17
  
  The amendment sought to remove subsection (2) from the proposed new clause for the Scotland Act 1998 which began:
  @ MP voted aye for a wider set of circumstances in which the Secretary of State is required to consult with Scottish Ministers over renewable electricity incentive schemes.
  
  @ MP voted no for a narrower set of circumstances in which the Secretary of State is required to consult with Scottish Ministers over renewable electricity incentive schemes.
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted for a narrower set of circumstances in which the Secretary of State is required to consult with Scottish Ministers over renewable electricity incentive schemes.
  
  : ''90C Renewable electricity incentive schemes: consultation''
  
  :(1) The Secretary of State must consult the Scottish Ministers beforeâ
  :(a) establishing a renewable electricity incentive scheme that applies in Scotland, or
  :(b) amending such a scheme as it relates to Scotland.
  
  :(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to amendments that appear to the Secretary of State to be minor or made only for technical or administrative reasons; and the Secretary of State is not to be taken to establish or amend a scheme by exercising a power under a scheme, other than a power that is exercisable subject to any parliamentary procedure. 
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/scotland.html Parliament's webpage on the Scotland Bill]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2015-2016/0048/cbill_2015-20160048_en_8.htm#pt5-l1g53 Clause 32 of the Bill as at the time of the vote (note line numbers not as used in amendment)]
  
  
  
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