Is the Attorney-General able to say which countries have (a) allowed appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council or (b) ceased to allow appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council since his answer to question No. 2700 (Hansard, 28 May 1998, 4225).

The source of the following information is Whitaker's Almanack 2000.

(a) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is primarily the final court of appeal for the United Kingdom dependent territories and those independent Commonwealth countries which have retained the avenue of appeal upon achieving independence as follows - Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Brunei, Dominica, Jamaica, Kiribati, Mauritius, New Zealand, St Christopher and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Tuvalu. The Committee also hears appeals from the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

(b) Since the answer to the House of Representatives Question No. 2700, appeals to the Privy Council are no longer allowed from The Gambia.

(c) Since the answer to the House of Representatives Question No. 2700 and following devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Administration, the Judicial Committee assumes a new role as Scotland's principal constitutional court and will be the final arbiter in disputes between the UK and Scottish Parliaments regarding legislative competence.