Scotland within the UK Debate

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Department: Scotland Office

Scotland within the UK

Tom Greatrex Excerpts
Monday 13th October 2014

(10 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Tom Greatrex Portrait Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West) (Lab/Co-op)
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Further to that question, I note that the Secretary of State has made it clear that implications for other parts of the United Kingdom will follow from this process, and some of those points are set out in the Command Paper. Will he clarify that? On page 43 of the Command Paper, it states that the Liberal Democrat commission’s view is that

“the present level of Scottish representation at Westminster should be retained until a federal structure for the UK has been delivered”.

Does that remain his position and that of his Front-Bench colleagues?

Alistair Carmichael Portrait Mr Carmichael
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That remains the position of my party.