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Railways Bill — Legislative Consent Motions-devolved legislatures: Legislative Consent Motion Agreed by the Scottish Parliament - March 2026

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Clerk/Chief Executive
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Edinburgh, EH99 1SP . Email david.mcgill@parliament.scot. Telephone 0131 348
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Mr Tom Goldsmith
Clerk of the House
House of Commons
London
SW1A 0AA

24 March 2026

Dear Tom,
Motion on Legislative Consent: Railways Bill - UK Legislation
I am writing to notify you that, on 24 March 2026, the Scottish Parliament agreed to a
Motion on Legislative Consent (S6M-21168) on the Railways Bill, which is currently
under consideration at Westminster.
I attach the associated Memorandum and extract of the Minutes of Proceedings.
Memorandum from the Scottish Government (261KB, pdf)
Supplementary memorandum from the Scottish Government (165KB, pdf)

Yours sincerely,

David McGill
Clerk/Chief Executive

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EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS—

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Parliamentary Year 5, No. 98, Session 6

Meeting of the Parliament

Tuesday 24 March 2026

Note(DT) signifies a decision taken at Decision Time.

The meeting opened at 10.00 am.

13. Railways Bill - UK Legislation: The Cabinet Secretary for Transport (Fiona
Hyslop) moved S6M-21168—That the Parliament agrees that the relevant provisions
of the Railways Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 5 November 2025,
relating to clauses 4, 7 to 10, 12, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28 to 35, 39, 43, 48, 66, 75,
78, 80, 81, 87 and 90, paragraphs 1, 2, 8 to 14 and 16 of schedule 2, paragraphs 4,
8, 9, 12 to 18, 22, 25, 26, 33 and 53 of schedule 3, new clauses 61, 62 and 64, new
schedule 1, the amendments to clause 7 and clause 90, and the amendments to
schedule 3 (inserting new paragraphs 22A, 23A, 24A, 25A, 32A, 33B, 34E, 34F, 34J,
34K, 34N, 35A and 36A to schedule 3), so far as these matters alter the executive
competence of the Scottish Ministers, should be considered by the UK Parliament.

The motion was agreed to ((DT) by divisionFor 91, Against 1, Abstentions 28).

The meeting closed at 7.37 pm.

David McGill
Clerk of the Parliament
24 March 2026