Is Labour prepared to give away power?
The Power Test
The SNP and the Scottish Parliament on Devolution
I don't think Labour is yet passing the test of what could they offer, says Lord Tebbit. Devolution now should be at a point where you have Parliament and Government in Scotland able to say 'we need these powers or we need these decisions' And that I think would generate quite a specific list of things that are holding the Scottish economy back - which could make a real difference. But there was also, when we spoke to lots of people, part of the Commission and obviously friends and colleagues and people who speak in Scotland, they say that for all of the SNP's thirst for independence, Scotland is an incredibly centralised country.
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