Launch of blueprint for a Scottish Parliament

Title

Launch of blueprint for a Scottish Parliament

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

30 Nov 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:04:29

Description

Deborah(?) Henderson reports on the launch today in Edinburgh of the Scottish Constitutional Convention’s blueprint for a Scottish Parliament, under plans drawn up by the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats, Scotland would remain in the UK. Includes interviews with Chairman of the Convention Canon Kenyon Wright; shadow Scottish Secretary George Robinson; Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Jim Wallace; Liberal Democrat MP Sir David Steel answering Scottish Secretary Michael Forsyth’s comments the parliament would be an expensive talking shop. With reaction from supporters at the ceremony.

Contributors

David Steel; Jim Wallace; Deborah(?) Henderson; Kenyon Wright; George Robinson

Keywords

Politics; Labour Party; Parliament; UK; Scotland; Liberal Democrats; Edinburgh; Governance; Scottish Constitutional Convention; Michael Forsyth; Home rule

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