Concept

Claim of Right for Scotland

Properties

SES ID
  • 449191
Notation
  • 449191
In scheme
Broader
Definition
  • Document signed in 1989 by all Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs (other than Tam Dalyell), declaring the sovereignty of the Scottish people. It is regarded as the beginning of the process of devolution which led to the creation of the Scottish Parliament in 1999.