That this House notes that the Assembly of European Regions met in Budapest, Hungary on 30th April; draws attention to the resolution passed by the Assembly which 'notes that the British Government does not intend to create an elected assembly for the region and nation of Wales'; welcomes the statement of the President of the Assembly of European Regions, Jordi Pujol, that historically and culturally, Wales was a region with a strong identity, that it was clear from the meeting that Wales had many friends in Europe, and that the Assembly could do all it would to support the cause of democratic regional government, efficiently run and properly accountable to its people; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to reconsider its position, and introduce a Government of Wales Bill forthwith to secure the establishment of a Welsh Parliament with full law-making and revenue raising powers.

That this House notes that the Assembly of European Regions met in Budapest, Hungary on 30th April; draws attention to the resolution passed by the Assembly which 'notes that the British Government does not intend to create an elected assembly for the region and nation of Wales'; welcomes the statement...

That this House notes the support given by the Leader of the Official Opposition to a referendum on electoral reform; further notes his comment that 'it is a matter of such constitutional significance that it should be for the people to decide'; is mindful of the official policy of the Labour Party which is to support a multi-option referendum on Scotland's constitutional position; recalls the support given by the Leader of the Official Opposition for the principle of referenda for constitutional change in Scotland in an interview with The Bulletin of Scottish Politics in 1981 when he stated 'this principle seems to apply in the case of the Common Market too'; and wonders why, if the Right honourable Member for Monklands East sees fit to support referenda for Scotland and to extend the principle to include electoral reform, he has been singularly unwilling to inflict defeat on the Prime Minister and the Government over the issue of a referendum on Maastricht, including a question on the Social Charter, which is the only issue where he has the power and not just the desire to extract a referendum from the Government.

That this House notes the support given by the Leader of the Official Opposition to a referendum on electoral reform; further notes his comment that 'it is a matter of such constitutional significance that it should be for the people to decide'; is mindful of the official policy of the...

That this House, noting the fundamentally undemocratic nature of the British Constitution, under which the people are in law subjects of a hereditary monarch, who has no electoral legitimacy, are bound to the Crown by absurd and meaningless oaths of allegiance and are also required to accept the indignity of an unelected House of Lords, believing that the existence of Crown prerogatives which allow the executive to make war, sign treaties and agree to laws in Brussels without consulting the House of Commons, represents a complete denial of basic rights, rejecting the widespread use of Crown patronage for thousands of political, legal and church appointments which destroy any real accountability by those who confer and enjoy that patronage, convinced that power is far too centralized in London to the detriment of the people of England, Scotland and Wales, and those who elect local authorities, demanding equal representation for women on all elected bodies, insisting that a Charter of Rights should form the basis for a new British Constitution, calls for Britain to become a democratic, secular federal commonwealth, along the lines of the Commonwealth of Britain Bill, to be drawn up and put to the people for their consideration to secure (1) the abolition of the Monarchy and the House of Lords, (2) the establishment of separate parliaments for England, Scotland and Wales, (3) the ending of British jurisdiction in Northern Ireland, (4) the disestablishment of the Church of England and (5) the institution of democratic institutions to guarantee popular rights.

That this House, noting the fundamentally undemocratic nature of the British Constitution, under which the people are in law subjects of a hereditary monarch, who has no electoral legitimacy, are bound to the Crown by absurd and meaningless oaths of allegiance and are also required to accept the indignity of...