devolution

He served as deputy minister for local government, deputy minister for health and community care and minister for tourism, culture and sport in the early years of devolution.

She said changes made to the bill allowing ministers powers to make regulations about voluntary assisted dying services would "hopefully also provide some reassurance on issues around devolution".

But Scottish Secretary Ian Murray said the UK government was delivering the largest budget settlement in the history of devolution.

But last month, the government announced elections would be postponed in nine areas, where the councils are undertaking reorganisation and devolution.

That welfare regime is seen as the Scottish government having different priorities from the UK one, and devolution in action.