YOU would hope Labour MPs, especially ones who have been at Westminster for a fair while, would have a grasp on the devolution settlement. You…
Unfortunately, one such elected representative seemed a little clueless as to how reserved and devolved policies actually work during the Westminster debate onLabour have smartly convened a task force, which will cost who knows how much money and eventually conclude what we all know: that scrapping the cap will drive down child poverty.
You would think that someone who has been in parliament for 27 years might understand why the devolved Scottish Government is unable to change reserved Westminster policy, such as the two-child cap.Flynn told him: “I would be more than happy to enlighten the honourable gentleman, in that regard, because, as he knows, in the UK we have reserved policies and we have devolved policies.“Some 70% of welfare policies are reserved to this parliament.
“If the honourable gentleman is suggesting, as indeed I'm sure some of his Scottish colleagues would agree with, that the Scottish Government should mitigate this place, then he should outline, as they should, where that money should come from.
Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.
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