Devolution - scotland Flashcards

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Scotlands current powers

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tax
* income tax rates and bands, landfill tax etc.
* Holyrood now raises around 60% of the money it spends.
* Has the right to 50% of all VAT raised in scotland

health and social policy
* health service, social service, abortion law housing, local government, transport

education and culture
* sport, primary and secondary education alongside uni education, tourism

law and home affairs
* justice, police, elections

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2014 scottish indipendence referendum

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  • 45% leave, 55% remain
  • turnout - 85%

Scotland act of 2016
* gave scotland further powers as promised by Cameron if they chose to stay (income tax powers)

  • sewel convention - westminster has to consult Holyrood before legislating on a devolved matter
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Scotland act 1998

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  • Created the soctish parliament and gave significant legislative and tax varying powers

‘service devolution’ - powers over most public services; health, education, justice, agriculture and most transport

powers reserved to westminster:
defence, macroeconomic policy, foreign policy and constitutional matters

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Scottish politics

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  • until 2007 Labour was in power
  • since then SNPhas governed
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Scottish parliament

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Scottish parliament now has key consitutional powers

  • since 2016, Holyrood can only be abolished by a referendum (making it a permanent part of UK constitution)
  • controls its own composition and electoral system
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2022 supreme court ruling

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  • UKSC ruled that the soctland act (1998) doesnt give the scottish parliament power to unilateraly legislate for an indipendence referndum
  • it is a reserved power of the UK parliament
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