Industrial Relations: Scotland

(asked on 1st September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons employment and industrial relations are devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly but not to the Scottish Parliament.


Answered by
Chloe Smith Portrait
Chloe Smith
This question was answered on 9th September 2020

The devolved nations, institutions and their respective devolution settlements are all different, reflecting their circumstances and history, and are considered as individual entities.

The Smith Commission did not recommend any change to the reserved status of employment and industrial relations policy in Scotland.

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