Inquiry into implications of independence

WESTMINSTER'S scrutiny of the implications of Scottish independence will intensify after the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee announced yesterday it will be launching an inquiry – as revealed by The Herald in February.

This means that not only has the Scottish Affairs Committee begun an investigation into the consequences of what it calls "separation" together with the Energy Committee and Defence Committee and now the influential Foreign Affairs Committee, but so too has the House of Lords Economic Committee.

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