Lord Sewel

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Lord Sewel is a British Labour politician and life peer best known for giving his name to the Sewel Convention, which governs how the UK Parliament legislates on devolved matters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Labour Party politician
human
life peer
associatedWith House of Lords NERFINISHED
Scotland Office NERFINISHED
UK devolution process
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
fieldOfWork devolution
politics
public administration
governedByEthicalRule House of Lords Code of Conduct GENERATED
hasHonorificPrefix Lord NERFINISHED
hasPoliticalAlignment centre-left
hasRole House of Lords officeholder
government minister for Scotland
hasTitle Baron Sewel NERFINISHED
member of the House of Lords
honorificTitle Baron Sewel NERFINISHED
influenced practice of legislative consent motions in the UK
isSubjectOf discussions on the Sewel Convention in constitutional law
jurisdictionInvolved Scottish devolution settlement
United Kingdom Parliament NERFINISHED
knownFor Sewel Convention NERFINISHED
role in UK devolution legislation
languageSpoken English
legislativeContribution formulation of the Sewel Convention on devolved matters
legislativeFocus Scottish affairs
constitutional matters
devolution settlements
memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
nobleTitle life peer in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
notableConcept parliamentary consent for UK legislation on devolved matters
occupation academic
politician
partOf Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
positionHeld Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords
Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland NERFINISHED
member of the House of Lords
residence United Kingdom
topicOf UK constitutional practice regarding devolved legislatures
typeOfPeerage life peerage
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

Scotland NERFINISHED

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Sewel Convention namedAfter Lord Sewel
Sewel Convention introducedBy Lord Sewel