Elixir Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Will be made up by a majority of English MPs for the first time ever. Do they just want us to get independence over and done with now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Surely this isn't surprising as committees have to be cross party and there are hardly any non SNP MPs in Scotland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Don't think it will make much difference. It has been filled with anti-scottish for long enough. I thought the main purpose of it was to make it appear that Westminster gave a f**k about Scotland, not to actually do anything for the country. ETA: If the Tories implement EVEL then I look forward to the English Affairs Committee being comprised of a majority of Scottish MPs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob the tank Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 EVSL not EVEL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shades75 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Surely this isn't surprising as committees have to be cross party and there are hardly any non SNP MPs in Scotland?Is it not a problem symbolically? It might also cause functional problems due to the disconnect of most members? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loondave1 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Maybe they can fill it with Welsh and Irish people so they don't upset the super sensitive Nats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shades75 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Maybe they can fill it with Welsh and Irish people so they don't upset the super sensitive Nats.Super sensitive like trawling Twitter looking for something to be offended by? Something like that would qualify surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevthedee Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Will be made up by a majority of English MPs for the first time ever. Do they just want us to get independence over and done with now? And pete wishart snp,has been elected as chair to lead this committee,he said he is happy to work with a cross party group for the benefit of scotland,sounds fair to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Maybe they can fill it with Welsh and Irish people so they don't upset the super sensitive Nats. Hahahaha OYF Did you not see clypegate? The fucking irony with you labour zombies is unreal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookworm Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Don't think it will make much difference. It has been filled with anti-scottish for long enough. I thought the main purpose of it was to make it appear that Westminster gave a f**k about Scotland, not to actually do anything for the country. ETA: If the Tories implement EVEL then I look forward to the English Affairs Committee being comprised of a majority of Scottish MPs See the previous post to your post you xenophobic, segregationist, monomaniac clansman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Stubbs Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Would probably trust the English more to look after Scottish affairs than I would Scottish Labour/Lib Dems tbh. The absolute giddiness after the last GERS figures came out saw to that. Scottish economic weakness is ideologically essential to the Scottish Unionist belief system. Rather work with our southern cousins that that anyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 See the previous post to your post you xenophobic, segregationist, monomaniac clansman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Don't think it will make much difference. It has been filled with anti-scottish for long enough. I thought the main purpose of it was to make it appear that Westminster gave a f**k about Scotland, not to actually do anything for the country. ETA: If the Tories implement EVEL then I look forward to the English Affairs Committee being comprised of a majority of Scottish MPs And now we have the details. The English equivalent will be restricted to only English MPs. Well know me down with a feather, I really didn't expect that. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33351688 New system The Speaker will judge which parts of a bill relate to just England, or England and Wales An England-only committee stage will consider bills deemed "England-only in their entirety" Membership of this committee will reflect the number of MPs each party has in England Where sections of legislation relate only to England or England and Wales, agreement of a "Legislative Grand Committee" will be required Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fide Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 http://wingsoverscotland.com/the-member-for-the-vow/#more-72545 The Sunday Post’s lobby reporter James Millar noticed today that all the parties have submitted their nominations to sit on the Scottish Affairs Committee at Westminster. As has already been noted, the majority of the committee – six out of 10 – are MPs for English seats (list below). But one name in particular caught our attention. Alert readers may feel that they’ve heard of Christopher Chope before. And they’d be quite right, because we told you about some interesting comments he made in the Commons back in November: “The leader of the Conservative party has made two pledges on devolution. The first was made on 10 September, and that vow was made without the authority or agreement of Parliament . I highlighted that in Parliament, and it was also highlighted by Nicola Sturgeon in the yes campaign. She argued that the vow was dependent on parliamentary approval, which could not be guaranteed – in one of her speeches she even referred to me as being a reason for that – and therefore nobody should be relying on it. If what the Conservative leader said then was a vow, it certainly cannot be relied upon by the Scottish nationalists because they opposed it and ridiculed it at the time.” (Col.222) In the light of every single proposed amendment to the Scotland Bill having been voted down by the Tories (and sometimes also by Labour), readers may feel that Mr Chope is an interesting and enlightening choice of representative. . —————————————————————- MEMBERS OF THE SCOTTISH AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Pete Wishart (SNP, Perth and North Perthshire, chair)Dave Anderson (Labour, Blaydon)Kirsty Blackman (SNP, Aberdeen North)Christopher Chope (Con, Christchurch)Jim Cunningham (Lab, Coventry South)Margaret Ferrier (SNP, Rutherglen, Hamilton West)Stephen Hepburn (Lab, Jarrow)Chris Law (SNP, Dundee East)Dan Poulter (Con, Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)Maggie Throup (Con, Erewash) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob the tank Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Chope is a right wing bellend, only there to interfere and make the committee a laughing stock. Throup is just as bad, a leading light in the EVEL campaign. Better together ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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