Proceeding contribution from Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 15 March 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Scotland Bill.
Scotland Bill
I have given way to the hon. Lady already, so I will move on. The hon. Member for Central Ayrshire and many of his colleagues want to return to the good old days of the old Glasgow council, when something like 69 Labour members, out of 79, were elected on 48% of the vote. That is democracy Labour-style—90% of members on 40% of the vote. Thank goodness we will not be going back to that. People are saying that is right and that it is what they want and I believe that that underpins all these measures—the Labour party benefiting massively from first past the post. In the past few years, this issue has consistently come up. In the 10 years that I have been in the House, we have had these debates about Arbuthnott and other matters. We were told that we could not call the Scottish Government a Government and that we had to call them the Scottish Executive. I remember the days of the timid, unadventurous Labour Executive, always casting their eyes southwards to London, awaiting orders, instructions and directions about what to do, but those days have gone. We now have an SNP Government in Scotland and we will never again have the House of Commons clicking its fingers and the Scottish Parliament doing that dance. I look forward to that.
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- 2010-12
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- Devolved matters Constituencies Devolution Crown Estate Food Labelling Electoral systems Powers Railways Scotland Scottish Parliament Seas and oceans Territorial waters Summertime Rescue services Maritime and Coastguard Agency Scottish Government Regional members
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- Scotland Bill 2010-12
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