Covid-19: Future UK-EU Relationship

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 6:26 pm on 15 July 2020.

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Photo of Ian Blackford Ian Blackford SNP Westminster Leader 6:26, 15 July 2020

Will my hon. Friend join me in giving some friendly advice to the Government? Devolution has been around for only 20 years—it is a relatively short time in our history. We are proud of our Parliament, and we want it to be independent. People have a real sense of pride, right across Scotland, in what our Parliament has achieved. I have to say in friendly terms to the Government that tomorrow they will introduce a White Paper—we know more about that now, and crucially, in that White Paper, they set up an unelected body that will determine whether or not the Acts of the Scottish Parliament are competent within the new framework that the UK is establishing. It is really quite remarkable—