Time will tell exactly what the change to universal credit achieves. On the devolution of housing benefit and other matters, we will wait and see what Lord Smith comes forward with. It is not appropriate at this stage for me, as a Minister, to second-guess what he might come up with, but the Government will respond in good faith when we see his heads of agreement.
Scotland within the UK
Proceeding contribution from
Alistair Carmichael
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 13 October 2014.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Scotland within the UK.
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