Kammala jumla mai zuwa: 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 "ƙididdigar da aka wuce gona da iri" game da fa'idodin Majalisar Scottish. Bayan sakamakon da
1979 Scottish devolvement referendum 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 yawancin yankuna na Scotland sun kada kuri'a a kan majalisar.