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.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
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Angus Robertson | 12/05/2008 | Moray | Scottish National Party | Proposed |
Stewart Hosie | 12/05/2008 | Dundee East | Scottish National Party | Seconded |
Angus MacNeil | 13/05/2008 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Scottish National Party | Seconded |
Michael Weir | 13/05/2008 | Angus | Scottish National Party | Seconded |
Pete Wishart | 13/05/2008 | Perth and North Perthshire | Scottish National Party | Seconded |
Elfyn Llwyd | 14/05/2008 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Seconded |
Adam Price | 15/05/2008 | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Alex Salmond | 19/05/2008 | Banff and Buchan | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Hywel Williams | 20/05/2008 | Caernarfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
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