Does the Foreign Secretary acknowledge that there are legitimate and acceptable ways in which to pursue constitutional change—[Interruption]—and that, in such a way, the United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, and Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski have highlighted the forthcoming independence referendum in Scotland as an agreed process? [Interruption.] Does the Foreign Secretary agree that any referendum must fulfil the highest democratic standards, as in Scotland, and must not be held in dubious circumstances and at the barrel of a gun, as in Crimea?
Ukraine
Proceeding contribution from
Angus Robertson
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 18 March 2014.
It occurred during Debate on Ukraine.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
577 c651 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2022-08-30 19:30:07 +0100
URI
http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Commons/2014-03-18/14031867000012
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Commons/2014-03-18/14031867000012
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Commons/2014-03-18/14031867000012