Scottish devolution

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constitutional process political process

Scottish devolution is the process by which political power and legislative authority were transferred from the UK Parliament to Scotland, leading to the establishment and evolution of the Scottish Parliament and government.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Scottish devolution settlement	1
devolution settlement of the United Kingdom	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional process ⓘ political process ⓘ
aim	to give Scotland a measure of self-government within the United Kingdom ⓘ
appliesTo	Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Labour government of Tony Blair NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	Scotland remains part of the United Kingdom ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
doesNotInclude	full sovereignty for Scotland ⓘ
expandedBy	fiscal powers in Scotland Act 2012 ⓘ welfare and tax powers in Scotland Act 2016 NERFINISHED ⓘ
includes	devolution of certain tax powers ⓘ devolution of primary legislation powers ⓘ devolution of secondary legislation powers ⓘ
involves	Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Government NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyEvent	1997 Scottish devolution referendum NERFINISHED ⓘ establishment of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ first meeting of the Scottish Parliament in 1999 ⓘ
legalBasis	Scotland Act 1998 NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland Act 2012 NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland Act 2016 NERFINISHED ⓘ
parliamentEstablished	1999 ⓘ
policyAreaDevolved	agriculture ⓘ culture ⓘ education ⓘ environment ⓘ health ⓘ justice ⓘ local government ⓘ transport (within Scotland) ⓘ
policyAreaReserved	defence ⓘ foreign affairs ⓘ immigration ⓘ most social security (initially) ⓘ the constitution ⓘ
precededBy	administrative devolution to the Scottish Office ⓘ
publicApproval	approved by majority in 1997 referendum ⓘ
referendumQuestion	creation of a Scottish Parliament ⓘ tax-varying powers for the Scottish Parliament ⓘ
relatedConcept	Northern Ireland devolution ⓘ Welsh devolution ⓘ devolution in the United Kingdom ⓘ
resultedIn	creation of the Scottish Executive (later Scottish Government) ⓘ creation of the post of First Minister of Scotland ⓘ establishment of a unicameral Scottish Parliament ⓘ
startDate	1997 ⓘ
transfersPowerFrom	Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
transfersPowerTo	Scottish Government NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scottish Claim of Right 1989 → mainSubject → Scottish devolution ⓘ

Scottish rate of income tax → partOf → Scottish devolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: devolution settlement of the United Kingdom

Sewel Convention → appliesTo → Scottish devolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish devolution settlement