A CONTENTIOUS Bill transferring EU laws to Holyrood received “cautious support” from Scottish Labour at its final stage today, Conrad Landin writes.

The “continuity Bill,” similar to a blueprint passed by the Welsh Assembly today, could put Scotland and Wales at loggerheads with Westminster after Brexit.

SNP Brexit Minister Mike Russell has accused Westminster of “using Brexit to try to take control of devolved powers without the agreement of the Scottish Parliament.”

The Scottish government has said it will refuse to push Britain-wide Brexit legislation through Holyrood unless the row over powers is sorted out.

If no agreement is reached, the relevant laws will not apply to Scotland, leaving a void that the continuity Bill aims to fill. It would transfer EU laws to Holyrood rather than Westminster.

Scottish Labour Brexit spokesman Neil Findlay said his party was “supporting it cautiously,” as it had at previous stages.

“The Tories are the people who have completely mucked this up,” he told the Star.

Radical Options for Scotland and Europe joint secretary John Foster said: “The trade union and labour movement in Scotland, as elsewhere, will need to campaign to ensure the EU neoliberal, pro-competition legal principles do not continue and that the new options that now exist for democratic public-sector intervention are opened up.

“The battle to secure these powers will have to be fought out both at Holyrood and Westminster.”