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Scotland vote should be 'giant leap towards Home Rule' Nick Clegg tells Welsh Lib Dems

During his speech to the Welsh Liberal Democrats' conference, Nick Clegg linked his pledge for further devolution in Wales to Scotland's independence referendum this September. He said that whatever the vote's outcome it should represent 'a giant leap towards Home Rule.'

And he said that if further powers are transferred to Scotland, the same should be true of Wales.

The build-up to the Scottish Referendum is now in full swing.

The Party leaders – me, David Cameron and Ed Miliband – have, in a rare moment of consensus, all set out our hope that Scotland chooses to remain in our family of nations.

Their parties have now agreed with our long held view that, should Scotland reject independence, that decision must trigger greater powers for Holyrood and the Scottish people: voting no must not mean no change.

And the ground-breaking work that Ming Campbell has done on what further devolution to Scotland can look like is providing a concrete vision for those of us who want to see September 18th be a giant leap towards Home Rule. But while all eyes are on Scotland, this referendum represents an important moment for Wales. Because why not further devolution to Wales too?

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