| | He pointed out that he, as MP for West Lothian, could vote on matters affecting English constituencies, but not his own constituency. | | He pointed out that he, as MP for West Lothian, could vote on matters affecting English constituencies, but not his own constituency. |
| − | On January 10, 2012, [[Alex Salmond]], First Minister of Scotland, and [[Michael Moore]], British Secretary of State for Scotland, agreed on an independence referendum in the autumn of 2014. According to Alex Salmond, it would be Scotland’s “most important decision for 300 years.” <ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/world/europe/scotland-plans-independence-vote.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=scotland&st=cse</ref> | + | On January 10, 2012, [[Alex Salmond]], First Minister of Scotland, and [[Michael Moore]], British Secretary of State for Scotland, agreed on an independence referendum in the autumn of 2014. According to Alex Salmond, it would be Scotland’s “most important decision for 300 years.”<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/world/europe/scotland-plans-independence-vote.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=scotland&st=cse</ref> |