Scottish Referendum Legislation: Supreme Court Decision Debate
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Scottish Referendum Legislation: Supreme Court Decision
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Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Rosie Winterton)
Order. The more people yell out, the further down the order they will go. I call Alan Brown.
Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP)
We are supposed to be living in a parliamentary democracy. As such, last year the SNP won 62 out of 73 constituency seats—85% of the seats. That is equivalent to a party here winning 552 seats. There is a pro-independence majority in Holyrood, and in the last four elections, a majority of voters voted for parties that support independence and having a referendum. If the Secretary of State is going to ignore a parliamentary democracy and parliamentary votes of the people, what is the route for the people of Scotland to have a referendum and have their say?
