Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid)

Meeting date: Thursday, September 16, 2021

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Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill

The next item of business is consideration of legislative consent motion S6M-01243, on the Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill, which is United Kingdom legislation.

Motion moved,

That the Parliament agrees that the relevant provisions of the Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 8 September 2021, relating to Industrial Death Benefit, so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament, or executive competence of Scottish Ministers should be considered by the UK Parliament.—[Ben Macpherson.]

The question on the motion will be put at decision time.