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| MSPs back call for greater powers | MSPs back call for greater powers |
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| MSPs have voted to push for greater powers for Holyrood before the next general election. | MSPs have voted to push for greater powers for Holyrood before the next general election. |
| The Scottish government won the backing of the Liberal Democrats and called for early adoption of powers "where there is consensus". | The Scottish government won the backing of the Liberal Democrats and called for early adoption of powers "where there is consensus". |
| SNP ministers want control over airgun laws and drink-driving limits, areas covered by the Calman Commission. | SNP ministers want control over airgun laws and drink-driving limits, areas covered by the Calman Commission. |
| Labour accused the SNP of "cherry-picking" the proposals and trying to achieve independence by stealth. | |
| The Tories said they would introduce their own white paper at Westminster if they were to win power at the general election. | |
| The extra powers were recommended in the Calman Commission report, which also revealed Labour's plans for a new Scotland Bill to deal with issues such as borrowing powers and control over some taxes. | |
| The new external affairs minister, Fiona Hyslop, said: "The Scottish Parliament has spoken and it is urging the Labour government at Westminster to implement the Calman recommendations and devolve responsibility across a range of key powers before the general election, including drink-driving and speed limits, airguns and administration for Holyrood elections." | The new external affairs minister, Fiona Hyslop, said: "The Scottish Parliament has spoken and it is urging the Labour government at Westminster to implement the Calman recommendations and devolve responsibility across a range of key powers before the general election, including drink-driving and speed limits, airguns and administration for Holyrood elections." |
| But Labour MSP Pauline McNeill said of the SNP: "They would cherry-pick the Calman proposals on anything which progressed their view that Scotland should be independent. It is dressed up as a consensual approach." | But Labour MSP Pauline McNeill said of the SNP: "They would cherry-pick the Calman proposals on anything which progressed their view that Scotland should be independent. It is dressed up as a consensual approach." |
| The Liberal Democrats, who supported the SNP in the vote, said there was now fresh pressure on the UK government to move forward on giving the Scottish Parliament more powers. | The Liberal Democrats, who supported the SNP in the vote, said there was now fresh pressure on the UK government to move forward on giving the Scottish Parliament more powers. |
| The party's chief whip Mike Rumbles said:"The Labour and Tory parties will have to explain to voters at the next election why they are so determined to stand in the way of real change for Scotland." | The party's chief whip Mike Rumbles said:"The Labour and Tory parties will have to explain to voters at the next election why they are so determined to stand in the way of real change for Scotland." |