I am quite surprised that there is so little about Scotland in the constitutional paper, given the unanswered West Lothian question and the ridiculous remarks by the Prime Minister in The Daily Telegraph today. We have learned that Sir Kenneth Calman is to chair the constitutional commission, but how can the Scottish people have any faith in an initiative that ignores the central question of Scottish independence, and bypasses legitimate Scottish government? As a democrat, surely the Justice Secretary agrees that anything proposed by the commission must be tested by the Scottish people with all other constitutional options.
Constitutional Renewal
Proceeding contribution from
Pete Wishart
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 25 March 2008.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Constitutional Renewal.
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