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Approaching the independence referendum: the legal issues
In May last year, those who’d actually gone to bed on election night woke up to find an SNP majority in the Scottish Parliament. The SNP emerging stronger as the largest party was expected but the achievement of an outright majority took many by surprise – including the clutch of senior SNP figures with whom I shared panels on BBC and STV as the results unfolded. Perhaps some were also surprised that their manifesto commitment to hold a referendum on whether Scotland should become an independent country was to be tested.
I don’t think it would be giving away state secrets to say that in the aftermath of that clear victory, the UK Government had given a lot of thought to that manifesto commitment to hold an independence referendum. We had been asking the new Scottish government to set out their plans for a referendum and we were also interested in how they intended to address the legal issues associated with such a referendum. All those of you with some knowledge of the Scotland Act 1998 will know that the essential aspects of the British constitution are reserved to the UK Parliament, including the Union of the Kingdoms of Scotland and England.
The Scotland Act 1998 makes it clear that the Scottish Parliament does
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My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, for his encouragement regarding the tone I will set.
It is just over a week since the Motion for an humble Address was moved very eloquently and wittily by my noble friend Lord Fowler and was very ably seconded by my noble friend Lady Scott of Needham Market. The House has debated many issues since then. As has been pointed out by more than one contributor, today we are debating constitutional and devolved affairs, foreign and Commonwealth affairs, defence, international development and culture. My noble friend Lady Falkner said that it might have been better if those subjects had been taken on separate days, and I am strongly tempted to agree.
When I agreed to wind up this debate, I was told that it might focus very much on Scotland. There is another debate on Scotland planned for 24 June, to which I again have to respond. However, it is indeed a privilege to be able to respond to a debate which has ranged widely but has also included outstanding contributions from noble Lords who have such considerable expertise and knowledge in these areas.
It is probably also important to recognise some of the overlaps that are not immediately obvious.