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Yesterday (28 June 2022) Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland, set out a “route map” to holding a second referendum on the question of Scottish independence.
This Insight looks at what the Scottish Government is proposing and related legal issues.
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At the request of the First Minister, the Lord Advocate (the principal legal adviser to the Scottish Government) has referred the question of whether a draft Independence Referendum Bill would “relate to” reserved matters to the Supreme Court.
The UK Government says the legal power to hold an independence referendum is a matter “reserved” to Westminster, while the Scottish Government believes it could fall within devolved competence.
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