THE SNP will hold a debate in Westminster on whether control of employment law should be devolved to Scotland.
The debate – which will be led by SNP MP Angela Crawley – follows the UK Government’s failure to commit to an employment bill in this year’s Queen speech.
And off the back of Parliament’s summer recess, the SNP say the debate will be an opportunity to expose Westminster’s “appalling track record on workers’ rights” and make the case that Holyrood is better placed to protect workers in Scotland.
Crawley said that the Tories have a “poor track record” on workers’ rights and “lifting people in work out of poverty”.
She added: “It has had multiple chances to do the right thing and bring in an Employment Bill and it has refused to do so, making it clear that the only way we can enhance worker’s rights and tackle in-work poverty in Scotland is by ensuring full employment powers rest with the Scottish Government.
"That is made all the more crucial now with the emergence of a Liz Truss government intent on stripping protections and power away from unions while undermining workers and industrial action.
“Independence would allow Scotland to go even further and create fairer workplaces, increase wages, reduce insecure work and fundamentally, tackle in work poverty head on.”
The debate follows a summer of strike actions that across several industries in Scotland, including rail, cleansing workers and education over pay and conditions.
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