Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A taron Conservative a Fife a 1977 Fletcher ya bayyana kansa a matsayin mai goyon bayan Scottish devolution, amma ya yi gargadin cewa wasu masu fafutuka suna yin "ƙara da'awar" game da fa'idodin Majalisar Scottish. Bayan sakamakon zaben raba gardama na Scotland na shekarar 1979
Fletcher ya bayyana cewa bai ga yadda majalisar za ta iya ci gaba da Scotland Act 1978 ba, wanda zai kafa Majalisar, yana mai ambaton gaskiyar cewa yankuna da yawa na Scotland sun kada kuri'a a kan majalisar.