Haughey calls on Tories to fight bill

Rutherglen SNP MSP, Clare Haughey, is calling on Glasgow region Tory MSPs, to oppose the UK Government’s attempts to use the EU Repeal Bill to strip Holyrood of powers.

Clare Haughey MSP said: “Twenty years on since the referendum on devolution in Scotland, and the Tories are attempting an attack on the founding principles of devolution under the guise of the EU Repeal Bill.

“The SNP wants a smooth transition as much as the UK Government, however this should be achieved through negotiation, not imposition. And it must be achieved in a way that respects Scotland’s hard-won devolved powers.

“The Scottish Tories need to distance themselves from the bill which represents a naked power-grab, an attack on the founding principles of devolution, and which could destabilise our economy.”

“I call on Adam Tomkins and Annie Wells to challenge any attempts at a naked power-grab on the devolved administrations by the Tories in Westminster during the withdrawal process from the EU, and to make clear their opposition to this bill which sets out to undermine our national parliament.”