Scotland: Constitutional Settlement — Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords am 2:37 pm ar 10 Mawrth 2015.

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Photo of Lord Lang of Monkton Lord Lang of Monkton Chair, Constitution Committee, Chair, Constitution Committee 2:37, 10 Mawrth 2015

My Lords, as this is the third enduring settlement that has been offered in the past 17 years to strengthen the union through devolution, and as three of the signatories of the Smith convention moved on rapidly, using it as something of a stepping stone to demand further change, does my noble and learned friend not agree that what is on offer is not so much an enduring settlement as a springboard to separation? I echo the words of my noble friend Lord Lexden to emphasise that this matter has not been properly debated in the United Kingdom context and that before anything else happens it should be fully debated in both Houses of Parliament, with the United Kingdom’s interests put to the fore?