Statement on draft Scotland clauses: 22 January 2015
22 January 2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, David Mundell, made statement in the House of Commons on Thursday 22 January 2015, about the further devolution process in Scotland and the publication of draft clauses to implement the Smith Commission agreement.
Shadow Minister for Scotland, Russell Brown, responded on behalf of the Opposition.
- Watch Parliament TV: Statement on the draft Scotland clauses, Thursday 22 January 2015
- Read Commons Hansard: Statement on the draft Scotland clauses, Thursday 22 January 2015
- Read current Parliamentary material in Topics: Devolution
Further information
Draft legislation to deliver more powers to the Scottish Parliament
Following the Scottish independence referendum that took place on 18 September 2014, the Prime Minister invited Lord Smith of Kelvin to oversee and deliver cross-party agreement on enhanced devolution for Scotland.
On 27 November 2014 Lord Smith delivered an agreement reached unanimously between all five main Scottish political parties on more powers for the Scottish Parliament.
The draft clauses published by the UK Government are the next stage in delivering that commitment and this draft legislation shows how the measures included in the Agreement would look in law.
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