Commenting following the publication of the Scottish Government’s consultation paper on a 2014 referendum on independence, North East Fife MP Sir Menzies Campbell said:
“The constitutional battle has been joined.
“Now that the date for the referendum has been set the whole country needs to get down to a serious debate about Scotland’s future. It should be characterised by integrity and good temper. To review the constitutional arrangements of the last 300 years is an awesome task in which those of us of today have an enormous responsibility for generations to come.
“If Scotland wants to go down the road towards separation the implications not only for us but for the other countries that make up the UK are huge. This would be a momentous decision with little possibility of re-tracing our steps. My own position is clear. I believe that Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England are the stronger for their union and I shall be campaigning for this.â€
