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  Scotland Bill - New Clause 36 - Power for Scottish Parliament to Call a Scottish Independence Referendum
  
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  @ MP voted aye to give the Scottish Parliament the power to call a referendum on Scottish independence. 
  @ MP voted no against giving the Scottish Parliament the power to call a referendum on Scottish independence. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against giving the Scottish Parliament the power to call a referendum on Scottish independence. 
  
  MPs were considering the Scotland Bill[1].
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote stated:
  
  :â(1) [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111529881 Paragraph 5A] in [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/schedule/5/part/I Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998] (general reservations) is amended as follows.
  :(2) In sub-paragraph (1), leave out âif the following requirements are metâ.
  :(3) Leave out sub-paragraphs (2) to (4).â
  
  An accompanying explanatory note stated:
  
  :This new clause would permit the Scottish Parliament to decide whether and when to hold a referendum on Scottish independence.
  
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/scotland.html Parliament's webpage on the Scotland Bill]
  
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