Progress on the Social Security Bill

The  Social Security Committee’s first stage  report on the Social Security Bill says a lot of the right things about the draft:

  • the status of the principles needs to be clarified
  • the balance between the framework and secondary legislation needs to be redressed
  • there has to be a mechanism to review regulations – the committee recommends an independent Scottish Social Security Advisory Committee.

They have an accessible summary here.

Additional note, 15th December:  The Scottish Government’s Response has also been published; in general, the response seems to be made of warm words rather than a commitment to do anything differently.

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