SNP propose '˜Home Rule Bill' at Westminster

The SNP will today set out proposals for a 'Home Rule Bill' at Westminster as the party unveils an alternative Queen's Speech.

By The Newsroom Tuesday, 17th May 2016, 10:59 pm Updated Wednesday, 18th May 2016, 12:12 am

Angus Robertson. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Prime Minister David Cameron will unveil a “one nation Queen’s Speech from a one nation government” to MPs with a pledge to deliver social reform and overhaul the prison system south of the Border.

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But SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson said it doesn’t go far enough and pledged to bring forward a “credible, progressive alternative” Queen’s Speech.

“The party seeks long-overdue radical democratic reforms of parliament and the electoral system, and calls for a Home Rule Bill to provide the meaningful devolution to Scotland that current and former Westminster party leaders promised the Scottish people during the independence referendum,” he said.