Constitution Committee - Twenty-Fourth Report
Referendum on Scottish Independence

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Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 15 February 2012.

CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Legislative competence

The rule of law

The Scotland Act 1998

Three possible counter-arguments

The "effect" of an advisory referendum

Section 101(2) of the Scotland Act

A "generous" and "purposive" interpretation?

Conclusions on legislative competence

Chapter 3: The referendum question

Fair and clear-cut

"Devolution max": a different constitutional outcome and process

The role of the Electoral Commission

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