Editing Legislative consent motion (section)

{{Short description|Consent to UK law affecting devolved matter}}
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{{Use British English|date=November 2016}}
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{{Politics of Wales}}
{{Politics of Northern Ireland}}
A '''legislative consent motion''' ('''LCM''', also known as a '''Sewel motion''' in Scotland) is a [[Motion (parliamentary procedure)|motion]] passed by either the [[Scottish Parliament]], [[Senedd]], or [[Northern Ireland Assembly]], in which it consents that the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] may (or may not) pass [[legislation]] on a [[devolution in the United Kingdom|devolved issue]] over which the devolved government has regular legislative authority.<ref>{{cite web |title=Legislative Consent Motions |url=https://senedd.wales/en/bus-home/research/bus-assembly-publications-monitoring-services/bus-lcm_monitor/Pages/bus-lcm_monitor.aspx |website=Senedd Cymru / Welsh Parliament |access-date=2 October 2020}}</ref>

{{As of|February 2022}}, the three devolved governments have refused or partially refused legislative consent motions on 20 occasions. However, even if consent is refused, the Parliament of the United Kingdom may still pass legislation on the devolved issue in question under the doctrine of [[parliamentary sovereignty]] and the understanding that the United Kingdom is a [[unitary state]].<ref name="ifg2022">{{cite web | title = Explainer: Sewel convention | website = The Institute for Government | first1 = Akash | last1 = Paun | first2 = Jess | last2 = Sargeant | first3 = Elspeth | last3 = Nicholson | first4 = Lucy | last4 = Rycroft | date = 2022 | url = https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/sewel-convention | access-date = 10 July 2022}}</ref>