Lerwick Declaration
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Lerwick Declaration
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The Lerwick Declaration refers to an announcement made by First Minister Alex Salmond on behalf of the Scottish Government on 25 July 2013, which revealed that a ministerial working group would examine the prospect of decentralising power to Shetland, Orkney, and the Western Isles. The declaration was made in response to the Our Islands - Our Future campaign launched in June 2013, in which the leaders of Scotland's island councils—Shetland Islands Council, Orkney Islands Council, and Comhairle n
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Scottish Government announcement about possibly ceding self-governance to three archipelagoes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lerwick_Declaration
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2024-04-16T12:29:44Z
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