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English Votes on English Laws

Debate between Angela Eagle and Clive Efford
Tuesday 7th July 2015

(9 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Angela Eagle Portrait Ms Eagle
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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 Portrait Clive Efford
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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.

Angela Eagle Portrait Ms Eagle
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I am sure my hon. Friend is right. The principle—