There are, however, a few committee sessions, including a promising looking session of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee (10am) with Tony Benn, discussing the "path to codifying-or not codifying-the UK's constitution" alongside Professor Richard Gordon QC, and Frank Vibert.
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On Sunday a former Italian prime minister, who now sits on the body which designed the planned constitution, warned the UK public of being misled over the draft constitution for the European Union.
The concept of civic duty has been used by those in favour of creating a written constitution for the UK - the argument being that if you know what's expected of you by society, you're more likely to do it.
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Former UK chancellor Alistair Darling said a constitution would be "hot air" without the funds to back it up.
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He said he supports the UK Government's position on the Constitution, but adds a condition that he wants to see added the role and powers of the Scottish Parliament and the executive.
The expectation thus far - among those who considered the point at all - was that independence would require to be enacted by a Westminster statute, not least because the present position is that the constitution is reserved to the UK Parliament under the Scotland Act 1998.
Britain in Europe, the cross-party pro-Europe group, admitted the rejection of the constitution in the Netherlands made a UK referendum "extremely unlikely".
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The UK was instrumental in establishing UNESCO when its constitution was signed in London in November 1945 and has helped shape the organisation and its work ever since.
Mr Darling, who leads the pro-UK Better Together campaign, questioned the idea of a constitution, while referring to a recently leaked Scottish cabinet document which warned of "cost pressures" on public spending and volatility in oil revenue.
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The UK Government says the plebiscite plans breach the law as the constitution is reserved to Westminster - and thus anything attendant upon the constitution.
Equally, it is a little specious to rely upon the fact that the constitution is reserved in order to build a case for a final UK-led referendum.
In June last year, the secretary of state for Scotland, Michael Moore, announced that the UK government was commencing a detailed programme of analysis on issues such as the constitution, the economy, public finances and taxation, defence, energy and welfare.
For the first time, this treaty allows member states to leave the EU and many think the UK may have to leave if it ends up as the only country to reject the European constitution.
Germany can afford to make concessions on some of the demands from the UK, but it cannot afford to unpick the key parts of the balance of power agreed in the constitution in 2004.
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