Statement on Scotland within the UK: Monday 13 October 2014

Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, Margaret Curran, responded on behalf of the Opposition.

• Watch Parliament TV live: Statement on Scotland within the UK
• Read Commons Hansard: Statement on Scotland within the UK
• Read current Parliamentary material in Topics: Devolution

Further information

Proposals for further devolution in Scotland

The Government published a Command Paper on 13 October 2014, that sets out the three main UK parties’ published proposals on further devolution in Scotland.

• GOV.UK: Proposals for further devolution of powers to Scottish Parliament (external site)

Related information

About Oral statements

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Statements normally relate to matters of policy or government actions. At the end of a statement, MPs can respond or question the government minister on its contents. 

• About Parliament: Ministerial statements

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