Scottish Referendum Legislation: Supreme Court Decision

Angus Brendan MacNeil Excerpts

Wednesday 23rd November 2022 Commons Chamber

[Mr Jack]

The Scotland Office has done no private polling. The polling that I referred to is the public opinion polling that we can all read.

[Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP)]

Scotland joining the Union predates the Scotland Act 1998 and it was the 1998 Act that the Supreme Court judged on today. The 1998 Act will not and cannot stop Scotland being an independent country. I am sure that the Secretary of State believes in the right of independence for Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Ukraine, Denmark, Lithuania, Latvia and many others, so does he believe the same for Scotland? If Scotland votes for independence at an election ballot box, will he respect the democracy of that event?

[Mr Jack]

As I keep pointing out to SNP Members, less than a third of Scots voted for the SNP at the ballot box.