Robinson pleased with cross-party report on devolution
SIC political leader Gary Robinson has welcomed a Scottish Parliament committee report calling for devolution of seabed tax raising powers as a priority.
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Scott welcomes backing for devolution of Crown Estate powers
A Scottish Parliamentary committee has made a strong recommendation that full ownership and control over the seabed should be handed to the islands.
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Councils to meet new government on islands campaign
Shetland, Orkney and the Western Isles councils are seeking meetings with the new UK government to discuss the future of the Our Islands Our Future…
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Devolution proposals ‘do not go far enough’
• Members of a Scottish parliamentary committee were left in no doubt that the powers contained in the draft legislation on devolution do not go
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This is not an SNP manifesto. “I do not like the word devolution as it has come to be called. It implies that power rests…
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Carmichael urges ‘real leadership’ from Sturgeon
The UK government is delivering on its pledge to devolve further powers to the Scottish parliament, according to Scottish secretary and Northern Isles MP Alistair
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Isles MP and Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael has welcomed last night’s no vote in the Scottish referendum and reiterated his promise to deliver more power
READ FULL STORYDevolution better for isles
By JOHN ROBERTSON Scotland’s decade of devolution has brought better government for Shetland, according to SIC convener Sandy Cluness, but conflict between the administrations in…
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