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Labour Support For Referendum On Scottish Independence

EDM number 1539 in 2007-08, proposed by Angus Robertson on 12/05/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Devolution and Scottish Parliament.

That this House welcomes the remarks of the leader of the Labour Group of MSPs, Ms Wendy Alexander, that Labour `will not vote down the opportunity for Scotland to speak' in a referendum on Scottish independence on the BBC Scotland Politics Show on 11th May, which confirms the statement of the Chairman of the Labour Group of MSPs, Mr Duncan McNeil, that `we are now in a position where, as a group, we will not vote down any Referendum Bill that comes into the Parliament' reported by the Scottish Press Association on 6th May; further welcomes this confirmation that an independence referendum is a matter for the Scottish Parliament to decide; believes that these clear statements mean that Labour MSPs cannot oppose the Scottish Government's proposed independence referendum bill in 2010; and invites Labour hon. Members to endorse the position of Ms Alexander and her colleagues in the Scottish Parliament.

This motion has been signed by a total of 9 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Angus Robertson12/05/2008MorayScottish National PartyProposed
Stewart Hosie12/05/2008Dundee EastScottish National PartySeconded
Angus MacNeil13/05/2008Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySeconded
Michael Weir13/05/2008AngusScottish National PartySeconded
Pete Wishart13/05/2008Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySeconded
Elfyn Llwyd14/05/2008Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSeconded
Adam Price15/05/2008Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Alex Salmond19/05/2008Banff and BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Hywel Williams20/05/2008CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned

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