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SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE BACKS HOME RULE PLAN
Labour's Scottish executive has backed
Tony Blair's plans for a referendum on
Scottish devolution by 20 votes to four
Mr Blair had been defending his plans
for referendums on home rule for Wales
and Scotland in a speech in Edinburgh.
He said hj njedjd the consent of the
Scottish people before Labour could set
up a tax-levzjng parliament in Scotland
John Prescott, Labour's deputy leader,
described the crucial vote as "an
historic djcisjon".
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