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Written Question
Sovereignty: Scotland
Tuesday 5th November 2019

Asked by: Luke Graham (Conservative - Ochil and South Perthshire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his (a) Department and (b) the Electoral Commission has made an estimate of the cost of holding a referendum on Scottish independence in 2020.

Answered by Chloe Smith

Scotland had an independence referendum in 2014. It was legal, fair and decisive and people in Scotland voted by a significant margin to remain part of the UK. The UK Government is committed to upholding and respecting the result of the 2014 referendum. The Scottish Government has stated that the cost of running the 2014 referendum was £15.8 million.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Oct 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"5. What steps the Government are taking to strengthen the Union. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Oct 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"In a week in which we have seen a poll indicate that more voters support independence, threatening to split the Union, can my right hon. Friend tell me what work he is doing to build on the last Administration’s work to get UK Departments engaging with, and getting more of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Oct 2019
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

"I have listened to the right hon. and learned Gentleman’s speeches for a great deal of time and have a lot of respect for him, but on this issue I disagree with him. I ask him to reflect on the parallel he has just drawn between Scotland and Northern Ireland. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Oct 2019
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

"Will the hon. Gentleman give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Oct 2019
Debate on the Address

"I thank my right hon. Friend for giving way so generously. On the subject of HS2, she mentioned the issue of whistleblowers, one of whom lives in my constituency and has not had the redress, or the opportunity to put his case forward in the way that is justifiable and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Oct 2019
Debate on the Address

"My hon. Friend is making a fantastic speech. Does he agree that some of the rhetoric from SNP Members is completely hypocritical? Does he also agree that they fail to see the irony of advocating for one union and yet coming into this House and trying to break apart the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Sep 2019
Principles of Democracy and the Rights of the Electorate

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Sep 2019
Principles of Democracy and the Rights of the Electorate

"It is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I would like to start by rebutting some of the points made by the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry), although she is not in her place just now. She made some pretty clear points. She said …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Sep 2019
Principles of Democracy and the Rights of the Electorate

"My hon. Friend is right. SNP MPs and MSPs are on record as calling Scottish Conservatives traitors because they do not back SNP lines, and as saying that if we do not vote with the SNP we are somehow betraying Scotland. I do not think that that is true, and …..."
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