Pamisangano yeConservative muFife muna 1977 Fletcher akazvitsanangura semutsigiri wekudzoserwa kweScotland, asi akayambira kuti "zvakanyanyisa zvirevo" zvaiitwa nevamwe varwi nezvezvakanaka zveScottish Assembly. Zvichitevera mugumisiro we1979 Scottish devolution referendum
Fletcher akataura kuti akanga asingaoni kuti paramende yaigona sei zvino kupfuurira neScotland Act 1978, iyo ingadai yakagadza Sangano, ichitaura chokwadi chokuti nzvimbo dzakawanda dzeScotland dzakanga dzaramba kuungana.