Over at the Scotsman Ian Swanson asks whether there’s such a thing as English-only legislation. He quotes one “senior Labour insider”. “When MPs vote on an issue like foundation hospitals, it’s not just a political decision it’s a decision about spending UK resources. …
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Cameron takes on the Andy Murray question
http://toque.co.uk/blog/?p=946A letter to the Evening Standard. Sir, Anne McElvoy’s contention that Ken Clarke’s Democracy Task Force “paves the way to a manifesto commitment to address the English Question” (Cameron takes on the Andy Murray question) leads me to suppose that she’s been enjoying too much champagne with her strawberries on Centre Court. …
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Blogosphere leads the way
http://toque.co.uk/blog/?p=945Having now actually read Clarke’s report (pdf), instead of just the accompanying press reports and interviews, I just thought I’d congratulate myself for being the first to raise the Upper West Lothian Question which was addressed in Clarke’s paper: Where would this leave a reformed and elected House of Lords? …
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A View from Middle England by Arden Forester
http://ardenforester.blogspot.comThe Stooopidity of Labour
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A National Conversation For England
http://nationalconversationforengland.wordpress.comcan no longer do the same for much of the corresponding legislation for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which is now dealt with by devolved parliamentary bodies in those countries. The Tory ’solution’, according to the report, is what Gareth Young has dubbed ‘English pauses for English clauses’: Scottish MPs can vote on English legislation at the initial second-reading stage of parliamentary scrutiny; but only English MPs would get to vote during the detailed committee stage of the
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The current scoop about recover email
http://car-audio-info5h7.blogspot.com/2008/06/current-scoop-...Labour value England at £230
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English pauses for English clauses begs more questions than it answers
http://nationalconversationforengland.wordpress.com/2008/06/...can no longer do the same for much of the corresponding legislation for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which is now dealt with by devolved parliamentary bodies in those countries. The Tory ’solution’, according to the report, is what Gareth Young has dubbed ‘English pauses for English clauses’: Scottish MPs can vote on English legislation at the initial second-reading stage of parliamentary scrutiny; but only English MPs would get to vote during the detailed committee stage of the
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Ken Clarke’s English Law Fudge
http://secretperson.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/ken-clarkes-eng...English Pauses for English Clauses
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Cameron fudges English Parliament issue again
http://paullinford.blogspot.com/2008/06/cameron-fudges-engli...- effectively an English Parliament within a UK Parliament - to a bizarre fudge under which, while only English MPs will be able to discuss English-only laws at the committee stage, all MPs will get a vote on third reading. Both Iain Dale and Little Man in a Toque have already been predictably scathing about this, and they are right, although I don't blame Clarke so much as David Cameron, whose timidity on this subject is becoming legendary. The answer to the West Lothian Question is painfully obvious and has
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Cynical Chatter From The Underworld
http://the-morningstar.co.ukRegular Reads Defence Of The Realm john Redwood Kate Little Man In A Toque The Spine
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English Parliament: A Disaster!
http://www.thecep.org.uk/wordpress/2008/05/14/english-parlia...”. Many more sage heads than his thought the same about removing the right of English MPs to vote on Scottish affairs, but Labour did it anyway, and went on to claim that devolution to Scotland had strengthened the Union. They were lying to you then, and they still are now (80% of peers agree). Jack Straw insists that now is not the time for a referendum on Scottish Independence. I’m sure Jack Straw would rather leave it until the Tories are in power so he can shift
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