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MSPs call for new agreement on how devolution works
Post-EU changes require new understanding between Governments: report

Government backtracks on EU law repeal plans
UK bill no longer to set general repeal date for end of 2023

Proposed bill would allow removal of absent MSPs
Consultation running on law to add grounds and processes for removal

Peers seek better partnership with devolved governments
Constitution Committee report calls for greater mutual respect

Lords sound warning over "Government by diktat"
Reports call for Government restrain use of delegated powers

Faculty opposes "chilling" ideas to curb judicial review
Government's response to review could undermine rule of law

Brown to be Justice Secretary in Sturgeon's new cabinet
Society seeks to make legal aid support top of the in-tray

Lords agree UK Internal Market Bill after concessions
Welsh and Scottish Governments intend legal challenge despite concessions

Law Commissions call for election law streamlining
Single, modernised set of rules should replace fragmented statute base

MSP committee backs longer Holyrood and council terms
Stage 1 report agrees principles of Scottish Elections (Reform) Bill

Lords report rejects Withdrawal Bill guidance powers
Inappropriate to allow ministers to direct courts over EU law