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Key Documents
Negotiation News
Additional Resources
Legal Instruments and Decisions
Edinburgh Agreement 15 October 2012
Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Act 2013 (Repealed)
UK Supreme Court, Reference by the Lord Advocate of devolution issues, Judgment 23 November 2022
Statements, Reports and Advocacy
UK GOVERNMENT
The Declaration of Perth, Speech by Edward Heath, 18 May 1968
Report of the Royal Commission on the Constitution (Kilbrandon Commission), October 1973
McCrone Report: The Economics of Nationalism Reexamined 1975
Report of the Consultative Steering Group on Shaping Scotland’s Parliament December 1998
Letter from PM Johnson to FM Sturgeon rejecting the request for another referendum 14 January 2020
David Torrance, Scottish devolution: Section 30 orders, House of Commons Report, 15 Juney 2022
Letter from PM Johnson to FM Sturgeon rejecting the request for another referendum 6 July 2022
David Torrance, Scottish Independence Referendum: Legal Issues, House of Commons Report, 10 January 2023
UK Government Statement on Supreme Court ruling on independence referendum bill 23 November 2022
SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
White Paper: Choosing Scotland’s Future: A National Conversation 14 August 2007
White Paper: Scotland’s Future 26 November 2013
Draft Bill for a Second Independence Referendum 20 October 2016
Request by FM Sturgeon of s30 Order to transfer power for another referendum 19 December 2019
Report: Scotland’s Right to Choose: Putting Scotland’s Future in Scotland’s Hands 19 December 2019
Report: After Brexit: The UK Internal Market Act and Devolution 8 March 2021
Paper 1: Building a New Scotland: Independence in the modern world 14 June 2022
Statement by First Minister Sturgeon announcing the 2023 Independence Referendum 28 June 2022
Reference to the UK Supreme Court 2 July 2022
Paper 2: Building a New Scotland: Renewing democracy through independence 14 July 2022
Lord Advocate’s Written Case on the Referendum on Scottish Independence 22 July 2022
Draft Scottish Independence Referendum Bill 22 July 2022
Paper 3: Building a New Scotland: A stronger economy with independence 17 October 2022
Speech by First Minister Sturgeon in response to the Supreme Court decision 23 November 2022
Paper 4: Building a New Scotland: Creating a modern constitution for an independent Scotland 19 June 2023
Paper 5: Building a New Scotland: Citizenship in an independent Scotland 27 July 2023
Paper 6: Building a New Scotland: migration to Scotland after Independence 3 November 2023
Paper 7: Building a New Scotland: an independent Scotland in the EU 17 November 2023
Paper 8: Building a New Scotland: Our marine sector in an independent Scotland 21 November 2023
Paper 9: Building a New Scotland: Social security in an independent Scotland 6 December 2023
Paper 10: Building a New Scotland: Culture in an independent Scotland 2 February 2024
Paper 11: Building a New Scotland: An independent Scotland’s place in the world 4 March 2024
SCOTTISH NATIONALIST PARTY (SNP)
SNP Manifesto for the 2007 Scottish Parliament Election 12 April 2007
SNP’s Routemap to a Scottish Independence Referendum 23 January 2021
SNP Motion on Independence Plan 15 October 2023
ALBA PARTY
Consultation on Draft Bill to Extend Powers to Legislate and Negotiate on Independence 30 November 2023
OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES
Joint Statement on More Devolution for the UK 16 June 2014
SCOTTISH CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
A Claim of Right for Scotland 30 March 1989
Report: Scotland’s Parliament, Scotland’s Right November 1995
Referendum Results and Polls
Electoral Commission, Factsheet: 1997 Referendum on Devolution 11 September 1997
Electoral Commission, Report: Scottish Independence Referendum 17 March 2015
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