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  Scotland Bill - Clause 1 - Consent of Scottish People and Parliament Before Abolition of The Scottish Parliament
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require the consent of the Scottish Parliament and of the Scottish people in a referendum before the Scottish Parliament can be abolished; and to strengthen the constitutional status of the Scottish Parliament.
  @ MP voted no against requiring the consent of the Scottish Parliament and of the Scottish people in a referendum before the Scottish Parliament can be abolished; and against strengthening the constitutional status of the Scottish Parliament.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against requiring the consent of the Scottish Parliament and of the Scottish people in a referendum before the Scottish Parliament can be abolished; and against strengthening the constitutional status of the Scottish Parliament.
  
  
  MPs were considering the Scotland Bill[1]
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 58, in clause 1, page 1, leave out lines 7 and 8 and insertâ
  
  :â(1A) The Scottish Parliament is a permanent part of the United Kingdomâs constitution.
  
  :(1B) Subsection (1) or (1A) may be repealed only ifâ
  
  :(a) the Scottish Parliament has consented to the proposed repeal, and
  
  :(b) a referendum has been held in Scotland on the proposed repeal and a majority of those voting at the referendum have consented to it.â
  
  The lines to be removed would have added the following to the [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/contents Scotland Act 1998]:
  
  :â(1A) A Scottish Parliament is recognised as a permanent part of the United Kingdomâs constitutional arrangements.ââ
  
  Parliament can change the laws it has made at any time so the proposed laws in the amendment were presumably largely symbolic.
  
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/scotland.html Parliament's webpage on the Scotland Bill]
  
  
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