Sentences with phrase «devolved english»

Even back during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign, there were clear indications that Farage backed the creation of a devolved English parliament.

The Campaign for an English Parliament, the minor English Democrats party, and several Conservative Party MPs, see a devolved English parliament as another alternative to regional assemblies.

This project included members of the Campaign for an English Parliament, a pressure group that lobbies for a devolved English Parliament.

Since 2016 they propose creating a unified, devolved English Parliament, within a federal UK, not an independent sovereign state.

In 1999 Robin Tilbrook and James Alden registered the «English National Party» with the aim of trying to create a cutting edge to supplement the good work of the Campaign for an English Parliament, a pressure group that lobbies for a devolved English Parliament.

Not exact matches

Mark Sandford has argued that, unlike the devolved institutions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, English city - regions have not yet been given sufficient powers to pass either primary or secondary legislation.

Labour came to power in 1997 on a platform of devolving power to Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the English regions and London.

Mr Smith will however be able to continue to vote on some or all of these policy areas in other English MPs constituencies where responsibility has not yet been devolved.

For starters, how about asking the people of England if we want our English parliament back and working in our interests, the same way the Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish were consulted about devolved government.

The case for a convention is strong: the constitutional settlement is currently in flux with cross-party agreement to devolve further powers to Scotland; the Welsh and Northern Irish assemblies want enhanced powers; and there are calls for devolution to the regions and cities within England and / or an English parliament.

The English Labour group met in Manchester town hall, near the Labour conference centre, and included Ben Bradshaw, the former culture secretary, John Denham, the former universities secretary, and Steve Reed, MP for Croydon and one of the architects of Labour's plans for devolving power.

This included an active industrial policy, investing in apprenticeships, devolving economic powers to English cities and towns, and public investment in infrastructure.

As Scotland waits to see if Westminster can meet its deadline for producing draft legislation for extending more powers north of the border by January 25, English political leaders have become more aware than ever of the growing gap in devolved powers between England and the other home nations.

The group did not support Cameron's plans for English - only votes on English laws, but Bradshaw said the party leadership was not speaking «clearly or loudly enough» on devolving power to England, adding that the party had to be «clear we are fighting for England».

The government presented its much anticipated plans to solve the West Lothian Question, or more simply, why Scottish MPs have long been able to vote on legislation only affecting England (or England and Wales) while English MPs are unable to vote on measures devolved to Scotland.

An English Devolution Act would devolve powers such as letting 100 % of additional business rates revenue be retained and allow councils and the NHS to join forces locally to end the «care divide».

It essentially asks why MPs from devolved regions have the same voting rights in the Commons as English MPs now that English MPs are excluded from voting on devolved issues.

It is often very difficult to make a clear - cut decision on whether any measure is wholly English since many bills have a financial impact on the UK as a whole, often affecting Treasury grants for the devolved nations.

Often translated as «English votes for English laws», the question also comes up if non-English MPs become UK ministers and push through controversial England - only measures, even as their devolved government rejects them.

Most simply put, it asks why Scottish, Welsh or indeed Northern Irish MPs have the same right to vote at Westminster as any English MP now that large areas of policy are devolved to national parliaments and assemblies in areas such as health, housing, schools and policing.

Add to this the political and legislative workload involved in devolving further powers to Scotland — and potentially revisiting the Smith Commission proposals in the process due to the SNP landslide — while also crafting a working arrangement for English votes for English laws, and it's obvious that the government has more than enough to be going on with as far as constitutional politics is concerned.

A deal isn't a coalition and the SNP wouldn't need to prop up the Tories in this scenario — because devo - max and English votes for English laws would have meant that the SNP was «mainly governing» Scotland via Holyrood, and in rUK, the Tories would no longer need any Scottish votes (or even be able to use them)-- on devolved matters for Eng Wales and NI.

The Shadow Chancellor has denied the Labour Party would stall extra powers being devolved to Scotland just because they want longer to examine the Prime Minister's English votes for English laws proposal.

The Tory Party Chairman has said it «can't be right» for Scottish MPs to vote on English matters if powers are devolved across the border.

In the London - centric world of the UK - wide and English media, too little consideration has yet been given to what Brexit means for public spending (almost all of it bad), and for UK - devolved government relations.

English hospitals are more productive than those in the devolved regions, despite often having fewer staff per head of the population.

The UK as a whole does not have an official language, though I think that the devolved Scottish and Welsh governments have made statements that recognize English plus Scots Gaelic and Welsh respectively as joint official languages.)

David Cameron makes a vow to deliver «English votes for English laws» as talks of devolved powers in the UK.

If he is serious about devolving more powers to Scotland by January, he must say whether he supports an equal settlement for England — English votes for English laws

Despair: Yes campaigners in Scotland were despondent, but MPs complained yesterday that it was already unfair for the Scots to have many devolved powers which are not offered to the English

Cameron & Miliband are right on the constitution, for wrong reasons http://t.co/jQwitHEODS English votes for English laws devolves nothing

Devolving power to English regions and cities could offer a real chance to introduce more local oversight of the way academies and free schools are being managed.

Defending his plans, he added: «We intend to provide more powers to Scotland, more powers to Wales, we intend to devolve to Northern Ireland the powers in areas like corporation tax, but ultimately we need to be fair to the English and that is what this is about.»

The Lib Dems agree with the Tories on the need to devolve income tax - setting powers to Holyrood but they take a different approach on English laws.

«We Conservatives believe that this principle of English consent, the English veto should be extended to taxation when the equivalent decisions have been devolved to Scotland — and under a Conservative Government it will be.

Former PM says devolving income tax to Scotland while bringing in English votes for English laws would be «lethal» for constitution

Devolving power to English regions and cities could offer a real chance to introduce more local oversight of the way academies and free schools are being managed.

Money is being provided for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to emulate the English scheme, but as education is a devolved issue, it is up to those running schools there to decide whether to spend the money on free lunches.