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Politics of Scotland. Devolution is the process in which the central British parliament grants administrative powers (excluding principally reserved matters) to the devolved Scottish Parliament.
The Scottish devolution referendum of 1997 was a pre- legislative referendum held in Scotland on 11 September 1997 over whether there was support for the creation of a Scottish Parliament with devolved powers, and whether the Parliament should have tax-varying powers.
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Devolution is the statutory delegation of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to govern at a subnational level, such as a regional or local level. It is a form of administrative decentralization .
YearStateGovernment TypeSubdivisions Article1995Presidential republic2009Constitutional republic1980Republic1949Socialist republicParlemen Skotlandia (bahasa Gaelik Skotlandia: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; bahasa Skotlandia: The Scots Pairlament), adalah legislatur unikameral dan terdevolusi nasional di Skotlandia. Terletak di kawasan Holyrood dari ibukota, Edinburgh , parlemen tersebut juga disebut dengan metonim Holyrood .
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Jun 24, 2019 · As a result, the Scottish parliament consistently scores highly on measures of public trust. According to the last Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 61% of people in Scotland trust the Scottish parliament to act in Scotland’s best interests. For the UK parliament, the score is 20%. Over 20 years – and this is thanks to MSPs across all ...