West Lothian Commission may consider an English parliament
Lord Stoddart of Swindon (Independent Labour):To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord McNally on 24 January (WA 93-4), whether the commission to consider the West Lothian...
View ArticleMark Harper: Get off your arse!
Not content with the brush off he received in response to his earlier question, Lord Stoddart has again raised the subject of an English parliament:Lord Stoddart of Swindon (Independent Labour)To ask...
View ArticlePiecemeal Constitutional Tinkering / Impending Train Crash
Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North, Conservative):Which is the more pressing issue: the West Lothian question or House of Lords reform?Nick Clegg:I do not think that it is an either/or choice. As the...
View ArticleThe West Lothian Question moves centre stage
Tomorrow (Friday) Harriett Baldwin's Legislation (Territorial Extent) Bill is back in Parliament. This is Mark D’Arcy's take on it: Friday is private members bill day in the Commons, and topping the...
View ArticleBaldwin, Nuttall and Harper
A few odds and ends relating to my previous post.Sadly Harriett Baldwin's private members bill was defeated. Having been poorly attended throughout its passage through Parliament, a (comparatively)...
View ArticleHarriett Baldwin defeated by her own side
The turnout for the Report Stage of Harriett Baldwin's Legislation (Territorial Extent) Bill was derisory, just 69 MPs including the Speaker and the Tellers. The MPs that voted No are listed below, an...
View ArticleIPPR: Future of England in a devolved union can’t be decided by expert...
IPPR Press ReleaseFuture of England in a devolved union can’t be decided by expert commission79% of English voters want Scottish MPs barred from votes on English only lawsAhead of the launch of the UK...
View ArticleThe Commission into the West Lothian Question is a pointless charade
The long awaited Commission into the West Lothian Question has finally been unveiled.Unfortunately the terms of reference do not allow the Commission to consider the only solution to the West Lothian...
View ArticleWho Speaks for England?
John Redwood (Wokingham, Conservative):May we have an early debate on who speaks for England and who should make decisions for England in an increasingly devolved United Kingdom?George Young (Leader of...
View ArticleMark Harper talks bollocks
I'm the proud owner of a letter from Mark Harper, in which he states "There is no link between the Barnett Formula and the West Lothian question".Yesterday he wasn't daft enough to put such a view on...
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