European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: Sewel Convention Debate
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(6 years, 2 months ago)
Commons ChamberYes, my hon. Friend is missing something: it is just all about independence.
Where else can one Parliament unilaterally alter the competences of another against its will and in such a shoddy manner? Does not this episode show that the Sewel convention is worthless and that the British constitution is archaic, unfit for purpose and beyond repair?
The premise of that question is based on not accepting the United Kingdom’s existing constitutional arrangements, which were the subject of a vote by the Scottish people in 2014 in which they agreed that Scotland should remain part of the United Kingdom.