Guest Warwick Green Posted June 20, 2006 Report Posted June 20, 2006 When I was in Glasgow last year the role of Scotland in the UK was getting a lot of debate. One commentator said that Scotland needed "powers like Quebec has in Canada" Growing anger in England over the power that Scottish MPs wield at Westminster could destroy the 1998 devolution settlement, a powerful Commons committee said yesterday.The report by the Labour-dominated Scottish affairs committee makes grim reading for Gordon Brown by highlighting how a majority of people in the United Kingdom now oppose a Scot becoming prime minister. The MPs say that the West Lothian Question - the anomaly giving Scottish MPs a say over English laws but English MPs no similar rights where power has been devolved - is a time bomb that urgently needs to be defused. "It is a matter of concern to us that English discontent is becoming apparent," they said.... Since devolution, the Edinburgh parliament has been given the exclusive power to legislate on domestic policies, including health, education and transport policy. Issues such as foreign affairs, defence and constitutional affairs remain under the control of Westminster.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...MC-new_20062006 Quote
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