Speeches

Iain Stewart – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Scotland Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Iain Stewart on 2015-02-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what progress has been made on implementation of the Smith Commission recommendations.

Mr Alistair Carmichael

We promised draft clauses on new powers for the Scottish Parliament and we published that legislation ahead of the Burns’ Night deadline.

The main UK parties have all committed to bring forward a Bill in the next Parliament. Scotland will get more powers.