Meeting of the Parliament 19 February 2025
I will come on to that point shortly.
In terms of resetting the relationship, it takes two to tango. If the Scottish Government is genuinely committed to partnership working and co-operation, it would join us in focusing on and welcoming many of the positive steps that are being taken by the new UK Government. [Interruption.] I will not take the intervention, as I want to make some progress.
Scottish Labour welcomes the publication of the UK Government’s consultation and review of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020. We welcome the fact that the review is both broader in scope and being carried out earlier than is required by statute. We also welcome the UK Labour Government’s immediate commitment to finalise the delivery of the joint common frameworks programme ahead of that review—something that Scottish Labour has called for, including the last time that we debated the issue. Scottish Labour also welcomes the new approach to resetting relations, and the UK Labour Government’s intention is rightly to uphold its responsibilities in relation to the Windsor framework as we reset our relationship with the European Union. All those points should be welcomed by the Scottish Government and by all parties. Indeed, many of those measures have been called for by parties across the chamber and not just by Scottish Labour.
The other reason why the debate feels performative is that the Scottish Government is prejudging an important review that still has more than six weeks of its consultation to go. We should all agree—