ENGLISH votes for English laws sounds perfectly reasonable on the surface – as long as we get Scottish votes for Scottish laws as well.
But there’s the rub. Under the current set up, all manner of Scottish matters are decided by English MPs – more often than not of the Tory persuasion
This week, a senior Tory even said the Scotland Bill is an “English only” law.
The “leader of the house” Chris Grayling included it in a list of England-only legislation requested by the newly elected SNP MP for Aberdeen North, Kirsty Blackman.
Read the rest of my column here.
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