#Scotland - İç pazar planları 'yetki devri tehdidi'

Europe Minister Jenny Gilruth is expected to tell parliament today (18 August) that the UK government’s plans for an internal market would “by-pass and constrain the Parliament and Scotland’s democratic choices”.

MSPs are due to debate how the proposals might operate, once the UK leaves the Brexit transition period. The proposed legislation illustrates specific devolved powers that could be affected, including food safety, minimum pricing, environmental policy and animal health and welfare.

Gilruth will also stress how the proposals constitute a threat to devolution, to jobs and businesses, and to consumers and citizens across Scotland. Gilruth will say: “The implications of this are clear and profoundly worrying and will be disastrous for devolution. This Parliament’s wishes and the democratic choices of the people of Scotland will be undermined and over-ridden.

“The UK government wants to introduce a system where standards set by Westminster have also to be accepted in Scotland in devolved policy areas, regardless of the wishes of the people of Scotland, or the votes passed in this Parliament.

“The White Paper includes no mechanism for negotiation or agreement between the four governments of the UK. In reality, this means that the UK government could impose decisions on the devolved governments with no right of repeal or means of redress.

“It will also be bad for consumers. They will open the door to lower food standards and an end to the precautionary principle that has served Scotland so well. The Scottish government has been working on frameworks with the UK government, Welsh government and Northern Ireland executive and is committed to common standards where they are needed and make sense, with standards agreed rather than imposed by the UK government.”

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The Scottish government motion is that the Parliament calls on the UK government to withdraw its proposals for a UK internal market regime which are incompatible with devolution and the democratic accountability of the Scottish parliament; notes that the proposals would be detrimental to businesses, consumers and citizens across Scotland, and agrees that they would fundamentally undermine legitimate devolved policy choices on a range of matters, including the environment, public health and social protections.

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