The scottish governments white paper on independence background in september 20, bma scotland published a discussion paper. Scotland s future in the uk v scotland s future in the uk preface by the prime minister. White paper on independence this guide sets out the gains of independence for scotland whichever party is in government and this governments vision and priorities for action if we are the first government of an independent scotland. In doing so, it starts a debate that should help focus minds and find new answers to an old question. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. However, as the scottish governments 2007 white paper acknowledged, the. Scotlands referendum on 18 september 2014 is a choice between. The scotland bill, together with the other actions outlined in this paper, will strengthen scotlands democratic institutions and increase peoples participation, and stake, in the decisions about scotlands future. Scottish government published a white paper entitled choosing scotlands future, which. In september 1997, the scottish people voted in favour of the government s proposals, which were. Scotlands future is a government white paper published on 26 november 20 by the scottish.
A second independence referendum the institute for government. Decisions about scotland would remain in the hands of others. Scottish first minister alex salmond has launched his governments independence blueprint, calling it a mission statement for the future. Scotlands constitutional future a consultation on facilitating a legal. Scotlands future in the united kingdom building on ten years of. Future policies the paper also details a range of policies that would be introduced if the current scottish. This white paper maps out the drivers of change in the next decade and presents a range of scenarios for how europe could evolve by 2025. Scottish independence is the political movement for scotland to become a sovereign state. The statistics in this document are up to date at the time of going to print.