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House of Commons (Participation) Bill

I am not sure that the island community of the Isle of Wight would necessarily share the hon. Lady’s view, as it has more than 100,000 electors and the matter of geography is given as the excuse. Let me move on and get to the guts of what I am proposing. The reality today is that Scotland has both primary and secondary legislative powers over areas such as health, which my hon. Friend the Member for Arundel and South Downs (Nick Herbert) mentioned, education, transport, social services, aspects of criminal law and the administration of justice. A First Minister is appointed in Holyrood, Members of the Scottish Parliament deliberate and vote on those matters and there is a separate Government in Scotland.