Scottish Constitutional Convention

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The Scottish Constitutional Convention was a cross-party civic and political body formed in the late 1980s to develop proposals for Scottish devolution, ultimately leading to the creation of the modern Scottish Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional convention ⓘ
political organisation ⓘ
basedOn principle of popular sovereignty in Scotland ⓘ
composedOf church representatives ⓘ
civic organisations ⓘ
political parties ⓘ
trade unions ⓘ
contributedTo Scottish devolution referendum 1997 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1999 ⓘ
documentedIn Scotland’s Parliament, Scotland’s Right ⓘ
linked to: Scottish Parliament
field Scottish politics ⓘ
constitutional reform ⓘ
devolution ⓘ
followedBy Scottish Parliament ⓘ
governs proposals for structure of Scottish Parliament ⓘ
hasAim to entrench Scottish self-government within the UK ⓘ
to secure a democratically elected Scottish legislature ⓘ
hasEffect creation of the modern Scottish Parliament ⓘ
hasRole advisory body on constitutional change ⓘ
headquartersLocation Edinburgh ⓘ
inception 1989 ⓘ
influenced Scotland Act 1998 ⓘ
inspiredBy campaigns for Scottish home rule ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
legislativeOutcome Scotland Act 1998 ⓘ
location Scotland ⓘ
notableMember Scottish Labour Party ⓘ
Scottish Liberal Democrats ⓘ
Scottish Trades Union Congress ⓘ
notableNonParticipant Scottish Conservative Party ⓘ
Scottish National Party ⓘ
notableWork draft scheme for a Scottish Parliament ⓘ
operatedIn 1990s ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ
partOf Scottish devolution process ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-devolution ⓘ
politicalContext Thatcher era in UK politics ⓘ
precededBy Scottish devolution referendum 1979 ⓘ
purpose to design a framework for a Scottish Parliament ⓘ
to develop proposals for Scottish devolution ⓘ
significantEvent agreement on a scheme for a devolved Scottish Parliament ⓘ
publication of "Scotland’s Parliament, Scotland’s Right" ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation civic society ⓘ
cross-party ⓘ

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Scottish Claim of Right 1989 → influenced → Scottish Constitutional Convention ⓘ
Scottish Claim of Right 1989 → relatedTo → Scottish Constitutional Convention ⓘ
Scottish Home Rule movement → relatedTo → Scottish Constitutional Convention ⓘ
Lord Smith of Kelvin → notableWork → Smith Commission on further devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Scottish Constitutional Convention