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We Need A Single Question (Conservatives) |
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 |
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Time we got on with holding a fair, legal and decisive referendum |
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The Scottish Government today published their consultation document for a referendum on independence. Since the UK Government published its consultation paper on the referendum a few weeks ago there has been progress on defining the terms of how the vote would be organised. The SNP Government now seem to have acknowledged that the independent Electoral Commission should be allowed to oversee the referendum and that they are now willing to work with the UK Government to hold a fair, decisive and legal vote.
Ruth Davidson said:
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"There is no doubt that we need a single, straightforward question on whether we want to be a separate country or part of the United Kingdom. The SNP say they agree, and now that there is support for having only one question it is time we got on with holding a fair, legal and decisive referendum.
"To force Scotland to wait for 1,000 days is simply too long, the Scottish people deserve an answer sooner rather than later. "Alex Salmond today conceded that powers will need to be transferred in order to remove legal doubts about the Scottish Parliament's power to deliver an independence referendum. It is now imperative that he works with the UK Government to ensure that this is the case. "Scotland wants and needs co-operation not confrontation, an outcome decided by the voters of Scotland and not the law courts. "We now need to move on from the process of the referendum so that we can look at the substantive issues surrounding the sovereignty of our nation. There are key questions on Scotland's currency, membership of the EU, defence policy and energy policy that remain unanswered. "Alex Salmond must now provide the Scottish electorate with answers to what a separate Scotland would look like if his referendum plans are to have any credibility." |