ABSTRACT
This chapter explains about some UK constitutional changes generally and views Scotland in this context. It also focuses on three distinct periods: the abandonment of the principle of parliamentary sovereignty in the1970s, New Labour's constitutional reforms in the 1997 Parliament, and finally the contemporary issues pertaining to Scottish independence. David Cameron's brief speech after the result of the Scottish independence referendum was a case in point. A majority of the Commissions members suggested that Scotland and Wales be given devolved parliaments. Three major reforms took place on Tony Blair's watch: the reform of the House of Lords, devolution for Scotland and Wales and the enactment of the Human Rights Act. The Blair government was not inconvenienced by international research in this policy area, which suggested that support for independence had not died away in Spain after devolution, and subsequently varying degrees of autonomy were granted to Galicia, Catalonia and the Basque Country.
