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Ahead of its publication, the Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, Europe and External Affairs, Michael Russell MSP stated that the proposals "ignore the reality and history of devolution"2STV news. (2020, July 05). UK internal market plan would be devolution ‘power grab’.
The Policy Memorandum to the Bill notes at paragraph 21 that the Scottish Government considers that this power is necessary as it:
would ensure consistency and predictability for the people who live and work in Scotland, and those who do business here and with Scotland in Europe, by updating and aligning devolved law with new EU law where that is appropriat...
The Bill is not intended by the UK government to deal with future “new” trade agreements. On the 20 July, the Trade Bill completed its Report State and 3rd Reading in the House of Commons and passed to the House of Lords.
EU Exit also means the loss of participation in the EU Regulations on civil judicial co-operation. This creates a need to enter into new international agreements with the EU and other states in this area.
At present, these functions are generally conferred jointly on the Scottish and UK Ministers, and on the Environment Agency and SEPA. The new power allows the Secretary of State to change whether the functions are exercised jointly (requiring the agreement of both the Secretary of State and Scottish Ministers), concurrently (exercisable by either the Secret...
The Communications key conclusions are:
The correct timing is essential when deciding when to lift containment measures with decisions based on the following criteria:
Epidemiological criteria, indicating a sustained reduction and stabilisation in the number of hospitalisations and/or new cases for a sustained period of time.
The Corona Response Investment Initiative
The European Commission has proposed that around €37 billion of cohesion funds (structural and investment funds) should be redirected towards offsetting the economic impact of COVID-19. This new initiative will use funds from the EU budget and will be raised by using underspent structural and investment funds acro...
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This new Bill would give Ministers the ability to make an appointee where the benefit claimant has capacity and agrees to the appointment being made.
However, as with a presumption in favour of shared parenting, she considered that any right or presumption in favour of contact with grandparents would "cut across what was in the best interests of the child". She noted that the new factor in section 12 of the Bill relating to a child's important relationships with others could include grandparents.
The Government is keen to avoid children having multiple child support workers and therefore wants to ensure that any new system would work with existing systems and other proposed work in this area.