Memorandum submitted by B K Read
I am writing to you regarding the Justice Committee's
Inquiry into "Devolution: A Decade On".
I find that the majority of people I meet, from
all walks of life, passionately hold the same views as myself
with regard to the future of England, and the current state of
affairs within the UK.
I, and virtually everyone I speak to believe
that we must have an English Parliament without further delay.
Northern Ireland has its Parliament, Scotland
was granted its own Parliament and Wales its National Assembly.
It is surely then, undemocratic and unacceptable for the English
people to be discriminated against by not being offered an English
Parliament.
Furthermore, Scottish Constituency MPs are able
to vote on all business relating to England, but English MPs are
not accorded the same power to vote on most decisions affecting
Scotland.
The only acceptable answer to the West Lothian
question is the establishment of an English Parliament with similar
powers as have already been given to the Scottish Parliament.
I have always been totally opposed to the break-up
of the UK, but if we English are not offered our own English Parliament,
or much more diabolically, if any attempt is made to split England
into regions, by imposition of Regional Assemblies or some form
of Regional Government (by any name), then I fear that the result
would be England withdrawing from the UK, and becoming independent,
such is the very strong desire I perceive for the establishment
of an English parliament.
In my view however, if England obtained its
own Parliament, there would never be a popular valid reason fro
England leaving the UK.
Would you please advise me weather any other
nation within the EU does not have its own Parliament.
March 2008
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