Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Margaret Ewing (Scottish National Party), on Thursday, 20 May 1993, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 3 members in total.

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LEADER OF THE OFFICIAL OPPOSITION AND SUPPORT FOR REFERENDA

That this House notes the support given by the Leader of the Official Opposition to a referendum on electoral reform; further notes his comment that 'it is a matter of such constitutional significance that it should be for the people to decide'; is mindful of the official policy of the Labour Party which is to support a multi-option referendum on Scotland's constitutional position; recalls the support given by the Leader of the Official Opposition for the principle of referenda for constitutional change in Scotland in an interview with The Bulletin of Scottish Politics in 1981 when he stated 'this principle seems to apply in the case of the Common Market too'; and wonders why, if the Right honourable Member for Monklands East sees fit to support referenda for Scotland and to extend the principle to include electoral reform, he has been singularly unwilling to inflict defeat on the Prime Minister and the Government over the issue of a referendum on Maastricht, including a question on the Social Charter, which is the only issue where he has the power and not just the desire to extract a referendum from the Government.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2058 

Session

1992-93

Subjects

Devolution Referendums Scotland Treaty on European Union

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk