Charles III William, Duke of Rothesay Swinney government The Rt Hon John Swinney MSP The Rt Hon John Swinney MSP Kate Forbes MSP Sixth session Alison Johnstone MSP Angela Constance MSP Dorothy Bain KC The Rt Hon Lord Carloway KC PC United Kingdom Parliament elections European Parliament elections Local elections Referendums Starmer ministry The Rt Hon Keir Starmer MP The Rt Hon Ian Murray MP The Scottish Constitutional Convention (SCC) was an association of Scottish political parties, churches and other civic groups, that developed a framework for Scottish devolution.
The all-party Campaign for a Scottish Assembly, which was launched at a rally in Edinburgh on 1st March 1980,[2] was led by Jack Brand, and later headed by Jim Boyack.
[2][4] The CSA kept up the pressure for devolution in the early years of the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher, which was totally opposed to any form of Home Rule.
[5] The CSA organised the committee, chaired by Professor Sir Robert Grieve,[6] that published the Claim of Right for Scotland.
The Claim held that it was the Scottish people's right to choose the form of government that best suited them (a long-established principle, first formally stated in the Declaration of Arbroath, 1320 [citation needed]), and which also recommended the establishment of a convention to discuss this.