Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Gwamnatin karkashin Margaret Thatcher ba ta da mashahuri sosai a Scotland, yana karfafa goyon baya ga Scottish devolution da 'yancin kai. Major ya yi adawa da rarrabawa, yana mai jayayya cewa zai zama dutse ne kawai zuwa cikakken 'yanci da kuma rushewar Burtaniya. Major ya kuma damu da yiwuwar haɗarin haifar da ƙiyayya na Ingilishi, saboda batutuwa kamar batun West Lothian da kuma yawan kuɗin da ake kashewa a Scotland. Major ya gabatar da sakonsa na kungiyar a cikin wani jawabi a Glasgow a ranar 22 ga Fabrairun 1992, daga baya ya sanya batun a matsayin babban mahimmin kamfen dinsa na babban zaben 1992, yana mai cewa "Unitedasar Ingila tana cikin haɗari. Ku farka 'yan'uwana, ku farka kafin lokaci ya kure". Wannan zaben ya ga 'yan Conservatives sun sami karamin ci gaba a kujerun Scottish, daga 9 zuwa 11. Duk da adawa da rarrabawa, Major ya yarda ya ba da wasu ƙarin iko ga Ofishin Scotland da Babban Kwamitin Scotland a 1993, tare da ɗaukar matakin alama na dawo da Dutse na Scone zuwa Edinburgh a 1996. Koyaya, waɗannan matakan sun kasa inganta hangen nesa na Conservative a Scotland; an share jam'iyyar a cikin zaɓen ƙananan hukumomi na 1995, kuma a cikin babban zaɓen na 1997 sun kasa samun kujerar Scottish guda ɗaya bayan alkawarin da Labour ya yi na wani sabon majalisa.
kuri'ar raba gardama kan majalisar dokokin Scotland.