Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future — 17 Mar 2021 at 15:55

A majority of MPs voted to say it would be irresponsible to hold a referendum in Scotland at the moment.

The purpose of the referendum in question was not mentioned in the motion, but the debate preceding the vote suggested the issue in question was if Scotland should become an independent country and leave the United Kingdom.

MPs were considering the motion:

• That this House
• has considered the upcoming Scottish Parliamentary general election and Scotland’s right to choose its constitutional future.

An amendment had been moved stating:

• leave out from “House” to end and add
• “believes the priority of the Scottish people is to recover from the effects of the covid-19 pandemic, and that it would be irresponsible to hold a referendum at this time.”.

The motion supported by a majority of MPs in this vote was:

• That the proposed words be there added.

Standing Order 31 sets out the effect of passing, or rejecting, such motions in this context of a motion having been moved to replace all the effective original text. In this case following the passing of the motion in this vote the motion, as amended, was deemed to be agreed with.

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