| Comment | Not at all - in fact the powers that are enacting the coronavirus lockdown are almost all devolved, it's just that to date there has been little divergence. You are currently locked down under the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act. Scotgov has its own scientific and medical advisors, Police Scotland has its own sets of legislated powers (which are already different to England). In practice there has been little difference between the approach in the 4 nations because all have agreed to follow the UK Action Plan, but this may change in the future if there is a medical and scientific case for different easing of restrictions according to regional cases. The UK Coronavirus Bill was explicitly approved by votes in all the devolved Parliaments, and whose consent was explicitly required under the Sewell Convention.
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/coronavirus-and-devolution |
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