I am sure it will not have escaped the Secretary of State’s notice that the five parties that signed up to the Smith commission are the same ones that are involved in the Scottish Parliament’s Devolution (Further Powers) Committee, which has stated that the Government’s Bill does not live up to either the substance or the spirit of the Smith commission. Why will he not now go back to the drawing board and listen to what was said by the Smith commission, as well as by the 60 organisations that have called for welfare powers to be devolved, and actually deliver it?
Scotland Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Eilidh Whiteford
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 8 June 2015.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Scotland Bill.
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