I'm rather agnostic on the whole English Parliament debate but this did give me pause for thought. Also might be relevant to your interests @wonkotsane http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2018/01/18/in-the-post-brexit-world-england-deserves-its-own-parliament/ …
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It is a parliament designed to exclude, that's its sole objective in the union. I cannot think of a single issue where scottish or welsh mps hold back England
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We only have crippling university tuition fees and bankrupt foundation hospitals in England because of MPs elected in Scotland.
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horseshit. Scotland cut its own college budget to fund tuition fees and suffers from it. And the fees cripple no one. Foundation hospitals BY THEIR NATURE make independent decisions on PFI; which Scotland is a heavy user of too.
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The Bill for tuition fees for England was voted against by a majority of MPs elected in England. The Bill only passed because of the votes of Labour's MPs elected in Scotland. The same applies to foundation hospitals. Both areas devolved in Scotland.
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Again FTs could be repealed. HSCA did not do so. Labour has not offered to do so. Lib Dems have not......you get the point.
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Irrespective of whether subsequent governments have the political will to nationalise foundation trusts with the billions of pounds of PFI debt they have been saddled with, it should not have been possible for Scottish MPs to vote on that Bill because it's a devolved matter.
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Not a reason going forward. Can change be effected within the current framework? Yes. That's it. Again what current issue is being held back by non English MPs?
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The Barnett Formula wouldn't exist now if there was an English Parliament. We would likely have abolished the university tax and prescription charges. City regions would answer to English politicians, not British.
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Nonsense. It is not enshrined in law. It is approved every year by the Ways and Means committee ( Parliament on Budget Day). ANY English MP could raise a humble address calling for it to be removed. London gets more spend per head than Scotland anyway......
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