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But resume they certainly will.
Surprisingly perhaps, the first policy clash of the autumn could arise from the least recognised, yet perhaps most successful example of Holyrood’s divergence from Westminster systems – refugee integration.
The Kenmure Street siege in May gave Scots a tiny glimpse of the support systems – local, neighbourhood, voluntary and official – that have built up over two decades since Syrian refugees were first dispersed to Glasgow. Scotland’s largest city now has 4,500 asylum seekers – more than any other UK city – with a 50 per cent application success rate.
But that’s not what tends to grab the headlines. Last year a Sudanese asylum seeker stabbed several people in a Glasgow hotel, before being shot dead by police. Since then, Glasgow Council has refused to accept more asylum seekers unless the Home Office and private contractors Mears stop housing them in unsuitable hotel accommodation – a visible example of the huma ....

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