English Votes for English Laws

Debate between Chris Law and Graham Stuart

Wednesday 15th July 2015 Commons Chamber

[Graham Stuart]

I will make some progress first, if I may.

England does not seek to overturn those powers, nor would we want to. As this process has developed, however, there has been a failure to incorporate democratic fairness for England. That is the point. The situation persists that Scottish MPs have the right to vote on issues such as health and education that affect my constituents in east Yorkshire, while I cannot do the same in respect of their constituents north of the border. As the scale of devolution has grown, that unfairness has increased, and the Bill that is going through the House will further exacerbate the imbalance.

[Chris Law (Dundee West) (SNP)]

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?