Westminster bid to give Scotland power to hold new indyref every seven years

SCOTLAND would have the power to hold a fresh independence referendum every seven years – if the people vote for one, under a bill proposed at Westminster by an Alba MP.

Neale Hanvey put forward his Scotland (Self-Determination) Bill with the backing of five other MPs – Alba colleague Kenny MacAskill, SNP parliamentarians Joanna Cherry, Angus MacNeil, and Douglas Chapman, and independent Margaret Ferrier.

The bill would amend the Scotland Act 1998 to transfer the Section 30 power from Westminster to Holyrood, which can enable an independence referendum to be held.