Devolution 1.3

Question 1

What is it included in

Answer 1

Labour 1997 election manifesto

Question 2

Scottish parliament

Answer 2

Created by Scotland Act 1998- gave them legislating + tax varying powers.

Question 3

2014 Scottish independent referudm

Answer 3

Gained more powers in Scotland Act 2016, tax raising powers (set all income tax rates + bands) fiscal devolution.

Question 4

2016 Scotland Act

Answer 4

Enshrined sewel convention into law, Westminster must ask Holyrood for permission if legislate on a devolved matter.
November 2022,

Question 5

Why is there devolution

Answer 5

To end the democratic deficit
- wales and Scotland had to deal with 4 consecutive conservative govs after overwhelming voting for Labour .

Question 6

2022 Supreme Court in relation to Scotland

Answer 6

November, ruled that Scotland act 1998 don’t give Scottish parliament power to unilaterally (do by themself) legislate for independence referendum but its a power for the Uk Parliament.
This shows the UK Supreme Court power to clarify powers of devolved bodies. Parliamentary sovereignty.

Question 7

WLQ

Answer 7

For England, powers devolved to others raised this.
-in 2004, there was a vote in university tuition fees in England. Labour proposed it under Blair . Crucially Scottish MPs voted in favour even tho tuition fees abolished in Scotland under devolution and policy didn’t affect their Unis.
Without the votes of