Scotland within the United Kingdom

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord McAvoy, for his welcome of the publication of the...

My Lords, it is remarkable that a 300 year-old union between nations peacefully and democraticall...

My Lords, I agree that these proposals must stand the test of time and re-emphasise the fact that...

My Lords, I am very glad that the noble and learned Lord emphasised the 2012 settlement, because ...

My Lords, the noble Baroness is absolutely right to emphasise that there was a decisive outcome. ...

I congratulate the Government on this Statement and the response of the Labour Party by the noble...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his words and for the contribution that he made in chairing...

My Lords, I think that there is a feeling of relief rather than triumphalism in Scotland. Many of...

My Lords, picking up on the point made by my noble friend Lord Purvis, it is important that we re...

My Lords, without extending the—

My Lords, if we are taking it in turns, it is the turn of the Cross Benches which have not yet sp...

I shall speak in order to tidy things up. The noble and learned Lord is right—the turnout was fan...

My Lords, I am sure that the different strands of costs will be published by the Scottish Governm...

My Lords, the Statement makes reference to “working for 100% of people in Scotland”. Does my nobl...

I anticipated my noble friend’s question. We should not talk any longer about the divisiveness of...

My Lords, I want to add something about understanding the context of what happened in those last ...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord McConnell, is right to emphasise how much detailed work went into ...

I wonder whether my noble and learned friend saw the lead story in the Scotsman on Saturday, whic...

I agree with my noble friend that a battle line approach will not be productive. I accept that th...

I totally agree with the sentiment expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Steel of Aikwood, but I fear...

My Lords, I do not think it was ever possible for three parties to come together in the heat of a...