It’s vital in every democracy to have a second chamber chock full of hereditary peers and establishment party donors.
Otherwise our institutions will reflect the will of plebs rather than the much more important special interest groups.
This is a great idea because we don’t have a second chamber in Scotland.
All the moronic green/Yousaf shite would have had more scrutiny and possibly be stopped.
They could investigate why he cancelled DRS and lost Scottish businesses £ millions?
Not to worry. The stupid old cunt will be out of a job soon
Fuck the fuck off and keep your dirty little fingers off Holyrood.
Aye fuck aff. Don’t need old donkeys trying to override our government.
SCOTTISH Secretary Alister Jack has called for the introduction of a new Lords “grand committee” to probe Scottish legislation as he criticised “bad governance”.
Jack has suggested policy in Scotland needs more scrutiny when he appeared before the constitution committee at Westminster on Wednesday.
He accused the SNP of thinking he would “roll over” on the Gender Recognition Reform Bill, which was blocked by the UK Government despite being passed at Holyrood in December 2022 by two-thirds of MSPs.
In December last year, the Court of Session ruled the UK Government had a right to use a Section 35 order to block the reforms from becoming law.
Jack added the 25th anniversary of devolution was a chance to “review” what did and didn’t work about it.
He said: “Devolution is not a bad thing, where it’s failed is bad governance.
“In the last 17 years, we’ve got a poorer health service, failing education standards, diabolic ferry services to the islands and higher drug deaths. These are down to bad governance, not devolution.
“I have often thought a better review of legislation in Scotland could be one of the things we could improve upon.
“Some sort of grand committee in this house, helping to scrutinise and improve legislation would be a good thing. I am not alone in saying that the committee structure, in scrutinising legislation in Scotland, has clearly been one of the failings”.
Jack – who is standing down at the General Election – also suggested SNP ministers had underestimated him.
He said: “They never believed I would do a Section 35 on the gender recognition [legislation]. They didn’t believe I would take them to court on [United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child] and the Section 33.
“It is this idea that they would sail on and I would roll over, and not stand my ground, that was their misjudgement.”
The Scottish Secretary added that there would be progress on nuclear power in Scotland despite SNP opposition.
He said: “On the small nuclear reactors, I have asked the energy minister to plan for one in Scotland, because I believe in 2026 we will see a Unionist regime again in Scotland, and they will move forward on this matter.”
He is full of it he is right on nuclear energy and the section 35, section 33!!!
What the fuck is an “Alister jack”?
Sounds like the name you’d give an imaginary friend that sucks up to other imaginary friends,but will never be part o their inner circle. Second only to names like Dougie Ross.
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Fuck off.
It’s vital in every democracy to have a second chamber chock full of hereditary peers and establishment party donors.
Otherwise our institutions will reflect the will of plebs rather than the much more important special interest groups.
This is a great idea because we don’t have a second chamber in Scotland.
All the moronic green/Yousaf shite would have had more scrutiny and possibly be stopped.
They could investigate why he cancelled DRS and lost Scottish businesses £ millions?
Not to worry. The stupid old cunt will be out of a job soon
Fuck the fuck off and keep your dirty little fingers off Holyrood.
Aye fuck aff. Don’t need old donkeys trying to override our government.
SCOTTISH Secretary Alister Jack has called for the introduction of a new Lords “grand committee” to probe Scottish legislation as he criticised “bad governance”.
Jack has suggested policy in Scotland needs more scrutiny when he appeared before the constitution committee at Westminster on Wednesday.
He accused the SNP of thinking he would “roll over” on the Gender Recognition Reform Bill, which was blocked by the UK Government despite being passed at Holyrood in December 2022 by two-thirds of MSPs.
In December last year, the Court of Session ruled the UK Government had a right to use a Section 35 order to block the reforms from becoming law.
Jack added the 25th anniversary of devolution was a chance to “review” what did and didn’t work about it.
He said: “Devolution is not a bad thing, where it’s failed is bad governance.
“In the last 17 years, we’ve got a poorer health service, failing education standards, diabolic ferry services to the islands and higher drug deaths. These are down to bad governance, not devolution.
“I have often thought a better review of legislation in Scotland could be one of the things we could improve upon.
“Some sort of grand committee in this house, helping to scrutinise and improve legislation would be a good thing. I am not alone in saying that the committee structure, in scrutinising legislation in Scotland, has clearly been one of the failings”.
Jack – who is standing down at the General Election – also suggested SNP ministers had underestimated him.
He said: “They never believed I would do a Section 35 on the gender recognition [legislation]. They didn’t believe I would take them to court on [United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child] and the Section 33.
“It is this idea that they would sail on and I would roll over, and not stand my ground, that was their misjudgement.”
The Scottish Secretary added that there would be progress on nuclear power in Scotland despite SNP opposition.
He said: “On the small nuclear reactors, I have asked the energy minister to plan for one in Scotland, because I believe in 2026 we will see a Unionist regime again in Scotland, and they will move forward on this matter.”
He is full of it he is right on nuclear energy and the section 35, section 33!!!
What the fuck is an “Alister jack”?
Sounds like the name you’d give an imaginary friend that sucks up to other imaginary friends,but will never be part o their inner circle. Second only to names like Dougie Ross.