Scotland
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England
And again
And again
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The failure of David Nuttall's bill that would have allowed licensees the choice of letting customers smoke to get even a hearing is disappointing, if not entirely unexpected. Surely the Scottish media will give it more coverage than this?
Did any Scottish MPs actually vote today? Devolution does complicate politics! These people are still accountable to those who voted for them, are they not? ... even if the final result doesn't have any immediate bearing on their lives.
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The answer to your question on whether Scottish MPs voted on what is purely an English matter is YES.
Two voted for the AYES and 16 for the NOES.
This raises the "West Lothian Question" once again.
Details below:-
AYES: 2
Harris, Mr Tom LAB South Glasgow
Thurso, John LD Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
NOES: 16
Begg, Miss Anne LAB Aberdeen South
Brown, Mr Russell LAB Dumfries and Galloway
Bruce, rh Malcolm LD Gordon
Clark, Katy LAB North Ayrshire and Arran
Clarke, rh Mr Tom LAB Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Connarty, Michael LAB Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Donohoe, Mr Brian H. LAB Central Ayrshire
Doyle, Gemma LAB West Dunbartonshire
Gilmore, Sheila LAB Edinburgh East
Lazarowicz, Mark LAB Edinburgh North and Leith
McCann, Mr Michael LAB East Kilbride.Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Morrice, Graeme LAB Livingston
Nash, Pamela LAB Airdrie and Shotts
Osborne, Sandra LAB Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Reid, Mr Alan LD Argyll and Bute
Roy, Lindsay LAB Glenrothes
Sheridan, Jim LAB Paisley and Renfrewshire North
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/chan51.pdf
Thanks for this Eddie: very interesting.
I am sure that the 'other side' don't have many scruples about lobbying Scottish, Irish or Welsh representatives to Westminster and it remains an issue that there's nothing about it in the Scottish mainstream press, giving special interest groups another advantage over the voting public in Scotland.
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