A Public Law on Devolution and Scotland
Assume that the UK Parliament has passed new legislation conferring powers on the UK government to determine, by Order, who has the right to vote in any UK referendum. The government is considering whether to make an Order extending the right to vote in the independence referendum to registered voters in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Scottish Government is furious and claims that this would be a breach of the Edinburgh Agreement and Sch 5, Part 1, para 5A […]