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Published Date: 27 April 2008
By Jenny Percival
Westminster Editor
CONSERVATIVE leader David Cameron's latest plans to stop Scottish MPs voting on English laws were last night dismissed by one of his own MPs as "too timid" and "unworkable".
Cameron is proposing a complicated system in which English MPs would have the exclusive right to amend laws affecting only England at the detailed committee stage. Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish MPs would be banned from these discussions.

All MPs would have a vote when the bill was first introduced and again when it returned to the Commons for its final report stage and third reading.

But the Government would be bound by convention to accept any amendments made by English MPs.

The scheme is being proposed by a task force appointed by Cameron. Former Tory chancellor Ken Clarke, who heads the democracy task force, has concluded his report into how to deal with the so-called West Lothian question – why Scottish MPs should be able to vote on English laws while English MPs cannot vote on similar issues devolved to Holyrood.

Mark Field, the Tory MP for the Cities of London and Westminster, said he and many of his colleagues viewed the scheme as "inadequate and unworkable".





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  • Last Updated: 26 April 2008 7:54 PM
  • Source: Scotland On Sunday
  • Location: Scotland
 
1

McX,

27/04/2008 09:36:59
Poor England, probably an Old Etonian in charge of London and almost inevitably another old Etonian in Downing Street.

Gone are the grammar school heroes of Heath, Thatcher and Major to be replaced by the Bullingdon fed aristocracy.

Chances are a Labour wipeout, Tory majority in the what 40's-50's...can they go even higher?


If there is one chink of light for Labour it is the fact that according to polls, London born Alastair Darling(Loretto), is more popular than Gideon 'George' Osborne heir to the Osborne Baronetcy, of Ballintaylor in the County of Tipperary, (Eton).

Ach well at least the WENDY is a Socialist...
2

Mr. Lachie Todd,

Edinburgh 27/04/2008 11:33:25
All these opinion polls pointing towards a Tory landslide at the next UK General Election must have the indigenous Tories acting like apoplectic maiden aunts calling for the smelling salts!

However, the Blue Rinse Brigade shouldn't get too excited because in the poll giving the Tories a lead in 141 marginal Lanour seats in England, it also found that the same percentage leads were not translated North of the Border where the indigenous Tories were
lucky to get above 11 percent in the same poll!




3

Scotindy,

Los Angeles 27/04/2008 18:33:39
Who cares what system the english come up with,for it will not Effect an INDEPENDENT SCOTLAND.By the time they get their house in order we will be long gone and the dust will have settelled. GOODBYE!!!!
4

TerryH,

England 27/04/2008 19:16:20
Let's hope so Scotindy, let's hope so.

It is England's only hope!
5

Seannair,

Oban 27/04/2008 21:37:17
George Osborne must have a severe problem if he is less popular that Alastair Darling, scion of staunch Edinburgh Tory stock, rapidly traslated from Loretto PS to become a revolutionary Trot on Edinburgh Council -you should see the pictures - then a left wing Labour MP before lurching to the right under Bliar and Broon as a cypher in the post of Chancellor.

 

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