<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Eqhubeka nokusebenza eqenjini le-Labour Party, uLamont waba ngumkhankaso ovelele ezindabeni ezihlobene nobulungiswa bezenhlalo, ukulingana kanye nokudluliselwa. Nakuba ayevotele u-cha ngenhlolovo yango-1979  <response>: owasikisela ukusungulwa kweSishayamthetho saseScotland, phakathi nawo-1980 nawo-1990 wayengummeleli eMhlanganweni woMthethosisekelo waseScotland, inhlangano eyavula indlela yokunikezelwa kweScotland. Ngokwesinqumo sakhe sika-1979, uLamont uthe wayevela engxenyeni engakwesobunxele eyayibona ezombusazwe zobuzwe njengokuphambukisa ezinhlosweni eziyinhloko kodwa kamuva wabona iphalamende njengethuluzi lokushintsha ngentando yeningi eScotland. Wayeyilungu le-Scottish Executive Committee of the Labour Party, esebenza njengosihlalo ngo-1993. 