id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-8458 Scotland - Wikipedia .html text/html 27966 3902 71 Economic factors contributing to this recovery included a resurgent financial services industry, electronics manufacturing, (see Silicon Glen),[122] and the North Sea oil and gas industry.[123] The introduction in 1989 by Margaret Thatcher's government of the Community Charge (widely known as the Poll Tax) one year before the rest of Great Britain,[124] contributed to a growing movement for Scottish control over domestic affairs.[125] Following a referendum on devolution proposals in 1997, the Scotland Act 1998[126] was passed by the British Parliament, which established a devolved Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government with responsibility for most laws specific to Scotland.[127] The Scottish Parliament was reconvened in Edinburgh on 4 July 1999.[128] The first to hold the office of first minister of Scotland was Donald Dewar, who served until his sudden death in 2000.[129] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8458.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8458.txt