A bill for more Scottish powers is one thing, making it law is quite another

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Abstract

And so it has arrived: draft legislation on further powers for the Scottish parliament, published before Burns Night (January 25), in accordance with the timetable set out in the wake of “The Vow”.

As David Cameron, the prime minister, said in Edinburgh at the announcement:

We said we’d get cross-party agreement by St Andrew’s Day – and we did. We said draft legislation would be published by Burns Night – and here we are, three days before the celebrations start, with those clauses before us.
Original languageEnglish
Specialist publicationThe Conversation
PublisherThe Conversation UK
Publication statusPublished - 22 Jan 2015

Bibliographical note

Malcolm receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council for his position as a researcher for the Centre on Constitutional Change.

Keywords

  • England
  • David Cameron
  • Scotland
  • George Osborne
  • Devolution
  • West Lothian question
  • Nicola Sturgeon
  • Smith Commission
  • EVEL

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