Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC, the Advocate General for Scotland, delivered a speech at Glasgow University on Friday 20 January 2012, outlining why the Scottish Parliament cannot currently legislate for a referendum on independence at present. Lord Wallace also set out how a legal, fair and decisive referendum can be achieved if the Scottish Government works with the UK Government.
Useful links
Some excellent live tweeting yesterday by Scottish lawyer Philip Hannay from the Lord Wallace lecture visible through the hashtag Philip created on Twitter – #scotlandsconstitutionalfuture
Blog post on the ObiterJ blog: Scotland’s Constitutional Future: an influential Scottish voice
Herald Scotland article on Lord Wallace’s speech, emphasising Lord Wallace’s conclusions that it would be “a matter of great concern if the Scottish Government, as a democratically-elected body, were to seek to challenge the rule of law”.
See The Office of the Advocate General’s website for further updates.
Further thoughts welcome in the comments section below.
