Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te Pūrongo a Kilbrandon i te tau 1973, e tūtohu ana i tētahi Rūnanga o Kōti, i whakatakotohia e te kāwanatanga mahi i raro i a Jim Callaghan te Ture o Kōti 1978. I pōti te nuinga ki te kaupapa i whakaarohia i roto i te
I pōtihia te kaupapa i te Poutu-te-rangi 1979, engari i whakaritea e te Ture kia 40% o te katoa o te hunga pōti ki te pōti. Kāore te hua o te pōti i tutuki i tēnei whakamātautau anō, ā, ka whakatau te kāwanatanga o te Rōpū Mahi kia kaua e haere whakamua ki te whakakorenga. I te hokinga mai o te rōpū ki te mana i te tau 1997, i whakauruhia e rātau he rewharewha tuarua mo te whakakorenga i hua ai te whakatinana i te Ture o Scotland 1998 me te hanganga o te Paremata o Scotland.