Editing 1979 Scottish devolution referendum (section)

===Kilbrandon Commission===
Following the [[Scottish National Party]] gaining its first peacetime MP in the [[1967 Hamilton by-election]] and [[Plaid Cymru]]'s first win at the [[1966 Carmarthen by-election]] in Wales, the United Kingdom government set up the [[Royal Commission on the Constitution (United Kingdom)|Royal Commission on the Constitution]], referred to as the ''Kilbrandon Commission'', in 1969. The [[royal commission]] was intended to look at the [[Constitution of the United Kingdom|constitutional structure of the United Kingdom]] and consider changes that should be made. The final report was published in 1973.

The commission examined various models of [[devolution]], [[federalism]] and [[confederation|confederalism]], on top of the break-up of the UK into separate [[sovereign state]]s.

In relation to Scotland, eight of the commission's members supported a [[Scottish Assembly]], via a devolved structure. It would recommended that the assembly would have around 100 members, elected under [[single transferable vote]] from multi-member constituencies. The assembly would obtain powers in the areas of education, environment, health, home affairs, legal matters and social services, while agriculture, fisheries and food would be divided between the assembly and the UK government.