CATALONIA

Motion Text

That this House welcomes the vote in the Spanish Parliament which has approved proposals to grant greater autonomy to Catalonia; notes that Catalonia is now to be acknowledged as a nation and will be given the right to control taxation and change laws passed by Parliament; believes that this is part of a process which will eventually lead to Catalonian independence and is a welcome reminder that constitutional settlements are not set in stone; believes that the Scottish Parliament has a lot to learn from Catalonia and that this welcome development should encourage the calls for further powers for the Scottish Parliament particularly in relation to fiscal autonomy; and looks forward to the day when the independent nations of Catalonia and Scotland will sit together at the top table of the European Union.