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THE REFERENDUM ON SEPARATION FOR SCOTLAND
A MULTI-OPTION QUESTION?, 3RD REPORT OF SESSION 2012-13, REPORT, TOGETHER WITH FORMAL MINUTES |
| By: |
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Scottish Affairs Committee, Ian Davidson |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0215047524 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780215047526 |
| Publisher: |
TSO |
| Pub. date: |
15 August, 2012 |
| Series: |
House of Commons Papers |
| Pages: |
28 |
| Synopsis: |
Widening the number of options to be put in front of the voters in a referendum may at first sight be an attractive proposition but it suffers a number of defects. The Scottish Government does not have a mandate to hold a referendum on greater devolution. What it promised was a referendum on separation, and that has been agreed. There are very serious unanswered questions about how a three-option referendum would work. There are a number of potential ways in which the results could be calculated and aggregated, and the choice of voting and counting mechanism could well determine the outcome. The outcome should be determined by the choices of voters - it should be clear to them what the consequences of their decision will be. It is probably for this reason that multi-option referendums are very uncommon internationally, on national issues of this sort. International experience strongly suggests that they are inappropriate because they do no lead to effective decisions |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
TSO |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |