The report from the House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution, of which Alistair Lexden has been a member for two years, was launched on May 16.
It considers in detail what the constitutional implications for the rest of the United Kingdom would be if Scotland should vote for independence in September. Its principal conclusions include a recommendation that MPs for Scottish seats should remain in Parliament until Scotland became independent and leave at that point.
There would be no necessity to accept the Scottish Government’s proposed timetable for independence in March 2016. Follow the link to the full report...
Scottish independence: constitutional implications of the referendum