Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2019 - Motion to Approve

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 12:05 pm on 28 March 2019.

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Photo of Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Labour 12:05, 28 March 2019

As the Minister knows, we have devolved other powers to the Scottish Government and Parliament, particularly over welfare. Having demanded these powers, and we having spent time considering and delegating them, they are not exercising them. They have said, “No, we cannot do it; we cannot carry out these powers because we just do not have the facilities or the ability to do it”. They have wasted our time, disillusioned the Scottish people and created tremendous problems. Can the Minister give us an assurance that the Scottish Parliament and Government are ready to deal with these forestry powers, because they certainly were not ready to deal with the welfare powers that we devolved to them?