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Debate between Martin Docherty-Hughes and Baroness Coffey
Monday 27th January 2020
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Martin Docherty-Hughes (West Dunbartonshire) (SNP)
The Scottish Government have used 15% of social security that has been devolved to Holyrood to exempt the war disablement pension from the assessment of income, meaning that our veterans get the full worth of that pension in Scotland. When will the Department and the Secretary of State make the same commitment for all social security benefits?
Dr Coffey
The Scottish Government are already undertaking a series of policy changes that they recognise will take some time to work through the system, while they also create their own. I think it is best to ensure that those policies are well established before we consider any further devolution.