Devolution
The question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to ask government departments not to use the phrase devolved nations when referring to devolved administrations or legislatures.
Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds
Yes. This is already the Government's position. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should be referred to by name or collectively as nations. Certain powers are devolved to institutions within those nations, which benefit from having two governments serving them. The nations, as constituent parts of this United Kingdom, are not devolved.
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