Our own parliament

Angus Campbell  |  Features
Date posted:  1 Nov 1997
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How do Scottish Christians feel about the prospect of a parliament in Edinburgh? Here is one view . . .

When the phone rang to ask me to write on Scottish devolution, it was the morning after 'Yes, yes': over 60% of the Scottish people who had just voted in the referendum had asked for a Scottish parliament with tax-varying powers.

For the first time in almost 300 years, Scotland is on the way to having its own elected Parliament (the Union of Parliaments took place in 1707, following the Union of the Crowns in 1603).

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