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February 28, 2005
West Lothian 'card'
Michael Howard is playing the ‘West Lothian’ card according to an article in the Scotsman by Fraser Nelson. The idea is to stop Scottish MPs voting on England-only legislation.
The Tories propose that the Speaker should decide which legislation does not concern Scottish MPs and bar them from debating or voting on it. However Tam Dalyell MP (Linlithgow Labour) who invented the so-called ‘West Lothian Question’, pointed out “I imagine the Speaker would be very reluctant to take on such a burden in such a grey area”. Quite so.
Surely a major reform of The British Parliament would be needed to deal with this problem? But is Westminster capable of reform? They have already failed to reform the House of Lords!
news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=221952005
Posted by Simon Holledge at February 28, 2005 12:14 PM
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