Draft Scotland Clauses

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — House of Commons Commission – in the House of Commons at 11:27 am on 22 January 2015.

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Photo of David Mundell David Mundell The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland 11:27, 22 January 2015

That is the hon. Gentleman’s almost inevitable interpretation. The position on consultation and working together is that the Department for Work and Pensions will continue to administer benefits and therefore clearly needs to work with the Scottish Government on that. The Scottish Government will have the capacity to take forward arrangements as they choose. [Interruption.] Perhaps we are already getting a flavour of what we will see continuing in Scottish politics—when the SNP does not deliver the promises on welfare that it makes to the people of Scotland, it will be somebody else’s fault.