This Insight looks at whether anything in the Scotland Act 1998 (the 1998 Act) prevents the UK Government from spending in policy areas devolved to Scotland and the proposed new spending powers in the UK Internal Market Bill.
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Implementation of the Stormont House Agreement (221 KB, PDF)
This Pack provides background to the Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan agreed on 17 November 2016 between the UK and Irish Governments and the largest Northern Ireland parties, the Fresh Start agreement. Full details are given in the Commons Library briefing on the Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Bill to implement provisions of the Fresh Start Agreement on tackling paramilitarism and balanced budgets.
The pack also contains links to recent news articles, press releases, parliamentary and NI Assembly material as well as links to further reading.
Documents to download
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Implementation of the Stormont House Agreement (221 KB, PDF)
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This briefing paper sets out the background to the UK Internal Market Bill. This Bill received its Second Reading in the House of Commons on 14 September 2020 and was considered in Committee of the Whole House between 15 and 22 September. The remaining Commons stages took place on 29 September. The Bill will now go to the House of Lords for consideration.
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This is a reading list of publications on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU and future UK-EU relations from library, research services and committees of the UK and devolved parliaments and assemblies.
