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Independent Scotland would ban nuclear weapons in written constitution

Independent Scotland would safeguard National Health Service and ban nuclear weapons in written constitution The plans are part of a new independence paper from the Scottish Government.

The Scotsman, By Conor Matchett, 19th Jun 2023,

An independent Scotland’s written constitution under the SNP would safeguard the right to strike, protect the NHS and ban nuclear weapons from being based in Scotland, a new paper from the Scottish Government will set out.

In an attempt to regain the political momentum ahead of the summer, Humza Yousaf will reveal the contents of the paper at a press conference in Glasgow today.

The paper will be the fourth in the ‘Building a New Scotland’ series which have set out the Scottish Government’s arguments for independence, initially ahead of the hoped October 2023 independence referendum, and is the first to be published in over eight months.

……………….. it would also include a constitutional ban on nuclear weapons being based in Scotland.

Mr Yousaf said: “Our proposals would provide an opportunity for people in Scotland to shape the newly independent country and create a permanent, modern, written constitution to describe the type of country Scotland would be and how it would be governed. Successive UK Governments have taken Scotland in the wrong direction and with independence we would radically shift where power lies and put it back in the hands of the people who live in Scotland.

…………. what we will not see under these proposals, are nuclear weapons on the Clyde. This proposed constitution would ban nuclear weapons from an Independent Scotland……………………………………………………..  https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/independent-scotland-would-safeguard-nhs-and-ban-nuclear-weapons-in-written-constitution-4187232

June 19, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics