Reserved Powers

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Powers held in the UK government, and not devolved to the Scottish Government. Includes areas like defence and employment policy.

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Devolution settlement: Scotland

A referendum on Scottish devolution was held on 11 September 1997, with 74% voting in favour of a Scottish Parliament and 63% voting for the Parliament to have powers to vary the basic rate of income tax.

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