Scottish independence: Call for 'truce' during Glasgow 2014 7 January 2014 Last updated at 23:59 Former first minister Lord McConnell has called on both sides of the independence debate to declare a "truce" during the Commonwealth Games. He will explain his thinking on the issue during a House of Lords debate later. Lord McConnell, known as Jack McConnell when he was an elected representative, said neither side should use Glasgow 2014 for political gain. A referendum on Scottish independence will be held on 18 September. Voters will be asked the yes/no question: "Should Scotland be an independent country?" Meanwhile, the Law Society of Scotland has said both sides of the independence debate need to do more in 2014 to engage and inform voters. It commissioned a poll from Ipsos Mori which indicated that only 14% of voters said they were "very well informed" about the issues being debated in the campaign so far. Bruce Beveridge, president of the Law Society of Scotland, said: "This is an exciting and quite possibly pivotal time for Scotland. The importance of the question facing us in September, described as the biggest for our nation in 300 years, demands a thorough and worthy debate. This poll shows that, with only nine months to go, many Scots still do not feel properly informed. Over half say the debate is not covering the issues they care about. And as many as two thirds are finding it difficult to decide whether or not the information they are getting is true.