THE impact of the UK Welfare Reform Bill could be so severe in Scotland that Holyrood should consider legislation of its own, MSPs have suggested.

If MSPs sought to deny legislative consent to the Bill, Westminster could simply enact it anyway, so the Health and Sport Committee suggests a better way of dealing with the knock-on effects could be fresh legislation at Holyrood.

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