I hear what the right hon. Gentleman says about amendment 58, and he is correct that Parliament cannot bind its successors, but if we put into the Bill that there has to be a referendum of the Scottish people before there can be a change, that is a very powerful moral argument against this place, and the strongest we can make under the current constitutional settlement.
Scotland Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Mike Weir
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 15 June 2015.
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and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Scotland Bill.
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