Statue of Donald Dewer in Buchanan Street Glasgow, Statue of Donald Dewer, First Minister of the new Scottish Parliament in 1999

Donald Dewar, whilst Secretary of State for Scotland in the New Labour administration elected in 1997, was responsible for overseeing the of re-convening of the parliament as part of the government's policy of devolution for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, and the relocation of the countries' politicians to their respective capital cities.