Devolution and EU
How far have EU membership and devolution affected UK parliamentary sovereignty? Yes, big impact on
PS
Devolution
EU Membership
Scotland:
Scottish Parliament granted powers to make primary legislation in selected areas, i.e. general laws, and able to grant powers to other localised bodies
Scottish executive have ability to:
-formulate policy+legislation
-negociate for funds with
Westminster
-liaise w/British govt when there are overlapping functions -negociate with institutions of the EU
-oversee provision of services by local authorities
(George) lol
Over 75% of laws are made in the europe including agricultural and fishing. EU Laws are seen as more important as UK Laws so if there is a conflict in Laws, the EU law wins.
(Edward) x
WALES: able to make policies on; education, social services, local government, building and planning regulations, agriculture, fisheries, health, transport, housing, Welsh language regulations, sport and recreation and emergency services London:
(
Cal)
-Mayor now elected
-Controls the allocation of fund -Livingstone;introduction of congestion charge(2007)and influential in gaining a crossrail system and securing the 2012 olympics
-Good ol’ Boris made london more cyclist friendly with
cycle lanes & Boris bike.
Limitations
of impact
Scotland (rak’s hometown): possible for Parliament to repeal Scottish Parliament and devolutionary powers, but this would be unconstitutional
Constraints:
-cannot conflict with British laws - cannot conflict with EU laws
-cannot raise national taxes, apart from income tax by only
+/- 3%
WALES: constraints
-can only pass limited primary legislations -cannot grant powers to members of the Welsh exectutive -cannot call london government to account directly -cannot raise any special taxes in Wales
London:
-Ultimately limited by assembly -Ken Livingstone lost his battle to prevent the privatisation of the
Underground
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#Millibandwagon
#sendthemhome
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The EU
PS
Devolution
EU Membership
Scotland:
Scottish Parliament granted powers to make primary legislation in selected areas, i.e. general laws, and able to grant powers to other localised bodies
Scottish executive have ability to:
-formulate policy+legislation
-negociate for funds with
Westminster
-liaise w/British govt when there are overlapping functions -negociate with institutions of the EU
-oversee provision of services by local authorities
(George) lol
Over 75% of laws are made in the europe including agricultural and fishing. EU Laws are seen as more important as UK Laws so if there is a conflict in Laws, the EU law wins.
(Edward) x
WALES: able to make policies on; education, social services, local government, building and planning regulations, agriculture, fisheries, health, transport, housing, Welsh language regulations, sport and recreation and emergency services London:
(
Cal)
-Mayor now elected
-Controls the allocation of fund -Livingstone;introduction of congestion charge(2007)and influential in gaining a crossrail system and securing the 2012 olympics
-Good ol’ Boris made london more cyclist friendly with
cycle lanes & Boris bike.
Limitations
of impact
Scotland (rak’s hometown): possible for Parliament to repeal Scottish Parliament and devolutionary powers, but this would be unconstitutional
Constraints:
-cannot conflict with British laws - cannot conflict with EU laws
-cannot raise national taxes, apart from income tax by only
+/- 3%
WALES: constraints
-can only pass limited primary legislations -cannot grant powers to members of the Welsh exectutive -cannot call london government to account directly -cannot raise any special taxes in Wales
London:
-Ultimately limited by assembly -Ken Livingstone lost his battle to prevent the privatisation of the
Underground
WE <3 POLITICS david cameron 4 lyf xo
#Millibandwagon
#sendthemhome
#UKIP4LYF
The EU