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 pooti i te Poutu-te-rangi 1979 mo te kaupapa, engari i whakaritea e te Ture kia 40% o te katoa o nga kaitono 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, ka whakaurua e rātau he
i hua ai te whakatūnga o te Scotland Act 1998 me te hanganga o te Paremata o Scotland.