This phrase that it is a process rather than an event is attributed to Donald Dewar. I spent some time trying to trace the source of that comment, but I could not find any occasion when Donald Dewar said it. It was said ad nauseam by the then Secretary of State for Wales, for very good reasons, if you looked at what Welsh devolution was.
Scotland Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Sewel
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 6 September 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Scotland Bill.
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