Aims

The primary aims of the Constitutional Commission are four-fold:-

To ensure that any proposals for constitutional developments that affect Scotland are fully debated and decided in Scotland.
To examine how the proposals of the Power Inquiry for more participative governance could be implemented in Scotland.
To clarify the constitutional implications of various forms of relationship with other countries of the UK.
To prepare the broad outline of a draft Constitution for Scotland.

Principles and Guidelines for a Constitution for Scotland

These principles aim to incorporate the Key Principles enunciated by the Consultative Steering Group, together with the Claim of Right on which the 1990’s Constitutional Convention was based, and the work done by various groups since, re-formulated for the 21st century. They represent a draft for comment and further development, and were originally submitted to The National Conversation website in mid-August 2007. They could be summarised as:

LIBERTY, EQUALITY, DEMOCRACY, ACCOUNTABILITY, PARTICIPATION, CO-OPERATION  and  SUSTAINABILITY. 
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Constitutional Commission Blog
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Constitutional Commission Statement, 16 August 2007

Commenting on the Referendum White Paper in the Guardian on 14th August, Ian MacWhirter states: “Where the SNP proposal falls down is not in its open-mindedness, which is quite sincere, but in the way its national conversation is to be conducted. It is being offered as a kind of consultation exercise with no clear destination or procedure. It is not clear what happens at the end of it, nor who will decide how the results of the consultation are to be assessed. This is important because the 1989 cross-party Scottish constitutional convention, which led the last national conversation about devolution, had the authority to draft a constitutional blueprint which became the Scottish parliament. There is no comparable body to conduct the task this time. The SNP govern alone, and Alex Salmond will decide what the conversation means.” 
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The Herald - 30 April
The Herald - 30 April
 
Famous names back commission on constitution.
The organisers of the Constitutional Commission are claiming a major coup in attracting the support of Baroness Helena Kennedy, the leading QC who chaired the Power Inquiry into political participation.

John Drummond, who along with Canon Kenyon Wright was one of the founders of the commission, which aims to ensure that future reform of the way Scotland is governed is driven by its citizens, said they had also received support from the former Labour politician John McAllion and the writer William McIlvanney.
 
 
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