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Tories set to stop Scots MP’s voting in English affairs

March 29th, 2007 · Post your comment (No Comments)

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[Sounds fair to me-ed]

DAVID Cameron is set to strip Scottish MPs of their powers to vote on English issues at Westminster if he wins the next UK General Election.

After launching his party’s Holyrood election campaign yesterday, the Tory leader made clear that the West Lothian Question had to be answered.

And he warned Gordon Brown that if the Government failed to do so, his legitimacy and credibility as Prime Minister would be questioned.

Mr Cameron said that the problem of Labour using Scottish MPs to force legislation through the House of Commons affecting only English issues which were dealt with by MSPs at Holyrood in their own constituencies had to be addressed.

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