Sewel Convention
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The Sewel Convention is a constitutional principle in the United Kingdom that the UK Parliament will not normally legislate on devolved matters without the consent of the Scottish Parliament.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sewel Convention canonical | 1 |
| Sewel Convention on legislative consent | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2893931 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sewel Convention Context triple: [Scotland Act 2016, containsProvisionOn, Sewel Convention]
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A.
Hague Revision Act
The Hague Revision Act is an international agreement that updated and amended the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property to modernize and harmonize global rules on industrial property rights.
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B.
London Declaration of 1949
The London Declaration of 1949 was a pivotal agreement that reshaped the British Commonwealth into the modern Commonwealth of Nations by allowing republics to remain members while recognizing the British monarch as a symbolic Head of the Commonwealth.
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C.
Glass–Owen Act
The Glass–Owen Act is the landmark 1913 U.S. law that created the Federal Reserve System as the nation’s central bank to stabilize the financial system and manage monetary policy.
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D.
Perth Agreement
The Perth Agreement is a 2011 accord among the Commonwealth realms that modernized the rules of royal succession, including ending male preference and restrictions related to marriage to Catholics.
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E.
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is a core United Nations human rights treaty that obliges states to prohibit and eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and promote understanding among all races.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sewel Convention Target entity description: The Sewel Convention is a constitutional principle in the United Kingdom that the UK Parliament will not normally legislate on devolved matters without the consent of the Scottish Parliament.
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A.
Hague Revision Act
The Hague Revision Act is an international agreement that updated and amended the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property to modernize and harmonize global rules on industrial property rights.
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B.
London Declaration of 1949
The London Declaration of 1949 was a pivotal agreement that reshaped the British Commonwealth into the modern Commonwealth of Nations by allowing republics to remain members while recognizing the British monarch as a symbolic Head of the Commonwealth.
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C.
Glass–Owen Act
The Glass–Owen Act is the landmark 1913 U.S. law that created the Federal Reserve System as the nation’s central bank to stabilize the financial system and manage monetary policy.
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D.
Perth Agreement
The Perth Agreement is a 2011 accord among the Commonwealth realms that modernized the rules of royal succession, including ending male preference and restrictions related to marriage to Catholics.
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E.
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is a core United Nations human rights treaty that obliges states to prohibit and eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and promote understanding among all races.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional convention
ⓘ
constitutional principle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sewel Convention
ⓘ
surface form:
Sewel Convention on legislative consent
legislative consent convention ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Scottish devolution
ⓘ
surface form:
Scottish devolution settlement
devolved matters ⓘ |
| appliesToBody |
Scottish Parliament
ⓘ
British Parliament ⓘ
surface form:
UK Parliament
|
| appliesToJurisdiction | Scotland ⓘ |
| appliesToPolicyArea |
education (when devolved)
ⓘ
health (when devolved) ⓘ justice (when devolved) ⓘ local government (when devolved) ⓘ other devolved competences of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ |
| appliesToProcess | Legislative Consent Motion ⓘ |
| bindingNature | political ⓘ |
| codifiedInPart |
Scotland Act 2016
ⓘ
Section 28(8) of the Scotland Act 1998 as amended ⓘ |
| constitutionalSignificance | key feature of the UK’s devolution arrangements ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| doesNotLimit | legal sovereignty of the UK Parliament ⓘ |
| exceptionCondition | when Parliament decides to legislate without consent ⓘ |
| firstArticulatedBy | Lord Sewel ⓘ |
| firstArticulatedIn | House of Lords ⓘ |
| firstArticulatedInYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| hasQualifier | normally ⓘ |
| influencedBy | principle of parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ |
| interpretedIn | R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Lord Sewel ⓘ |
| isPartOf | UK constitutional conventions ⓘ |
| judicialFinding | not legally enforceable by the courts ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | non‑justiciable convention ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
devolution
ⓘ
legislative consent ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Lord Sewel ⓘ |
| originatedInDocument |
Scotland Act 1998
ⓘ
surface form:
Scotland Bill debates 1998
|
| relatedCase | R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Northern Ireland legislative consent convention
ⓘ
Welsh legislative consent convention ⓘ |
| relatedToDocument | Scotland Act 1998 ⓘ |
| requires | Legislative Consent Motion from the Scottish Parliament ⓘ |
| scope | primary legislation of the UK Parliament ⓘ |
| statedAs | the UK Parliament will not normally legislate with regard to devolved matters without the consent of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ |
| usedFor | managing relations between UK and devolved legislatures ⓘ |
| wordingInStatute | it is recognised that the Parliament of the United Kingdom will not normally legislate with regard to devolved matters without the consent of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ |
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Subject: Sewel Convention Description of subject: The Sewel Convention is a constitutional principle in the United Kingdom that the UK Parliament will not normally legislate on devolved matters without the consent of the Scottish Parliament.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Sewel Convention on legislative consent