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A letter from Tony Blair to William Hague is contained in the files after the former Tory leader asked for the devolution vote not to happen on September 11, 1997 due to Princess Diana s death MINISTERS feared arch Unionists would try and scupper Scottish devolution by mounting a legal challenge ahead of the 1997 vote, secret papers reveal. Files obtained by The National after a two-year freedom of information battle with the Conservative Government, which opposed their release, show that the Cabinet were anxious to forestall any threats which could derail the vote and the re-establishment of the Scottish Parliament. No individual or specific group is mentioned in the papers as planning a legal challenge, but the letters and documents made public for the first time show the Labour government was sufficiently concerned to set up a working group on the matter and ensuring lawyers vetted all pro-devolution publicity material.