Which powers are devolved to the Scottish Parliament and which are reserved to Westminster?
Whilst the Scottish Parliament is able to make laws on the following, the Westminster government has been overriding legislation and ignoring votes by the Scottish Parliament not to interfere in these areas:
- agriculture, forestry and fisheries
- benefits (some aspects)
- consumer advocacy and advice
- economic development
- education and training
- elections to the Scottish Parliament and local government
- energy (some aspects)
- environment
- equality legislation (some aspects)
- fire services
- freedom of information
- health and social services
- housing
- justice and policing
- local government
- planning
- sport and the arts
- taxation (some aspects)
- tourism
- transport (some aspects)
The UK parliament reserves the right to make laws on regardless of how Scottish MPs vote:
- benefits (some aspects)
- betting and gambling
- broadcasting
- constitution (some aspects)
- consumer protection policy
- currency
- data protection
- defence and national security
- equality legislation (most aspects)
- energy (most aspects)
- elections to the UK Parliament
- employment law and industrial relations
- financial services
- foreign affairs
- immigration, asylum and visas
- nationality and citizenship
- postal services
- taxation (some aspects)
- telecommunications
- trade and industry
- transport (some aspects)