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Purvis: federal structure better for Scotland and the UK

March 2, 2010 12:01 AM
Originally published by Scottish Liberal Democrats

Commenting on the IPPR report showing growing support for an English Parliament, Liberal Democrat Finance spokesperson Jeremy Purvis said:

"Liberal Democrats have long held the view that devolution to Scotland should be matched with devolution within England.

"That is why we argued in the Steel Commission that it is better for Scotland and the other nations in the UK if we moved to a federal financial structure.

"What we must guard against is a growing nationalism across the United Kingdom that begins to set the nations of the UK against each other.

"This is in no-one's interests and only furthers the political agenda of the SNP."

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