English Votes on English Laws

Debate between Angela Eagle and Clive Efford

Tuesday 7th July 2015 Commons Chamber

[Ms Eagle]

We had the guts to come forward with proper legislation and a referendum before any of the Assemblies were put in place. If only the Conservative party had even considered doing that.

[Clive Efford]

Further to the intervention by the hon. Member for Eddisbury (Antoinette Sandbach), if we had known at the time that through a simple change to the Standing Orders, the issues that were devolved to the Assemblies and the Scottish Parliament would be handed down to some makeshift English assembly or Parliament, would that have had an effect on our debates on those devolved matters? It could have resulted in a completely different outcome.

[Ms Eagle]

I am sure my hon. Friend is right. The principle—