ALISTER Jack, the Tories’ Scottish Secretary, has offered to help set up a recall mechanism for MSPs in a letter to the First Minister ...
’ Scottish Secretary, has offered to help set up a recall mechanism for MSPs in a letter to the First Minister.MPs who are sentenced to a prison term of up to a year, convicted of providing false information relating to parliamentary expenses, or suspended from theJust one recall petition has taken place in Scotland, when Margaret Ferrier was found to have breached Covid-19 regulations and suspended from the House, eventually vacating her Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency.
“The UK Government stands ready to work with the Scottish Government in making improvements in this area of such importance to the health of our democracy.”Tory MSP Graham Simpson has proposed a bill which would implement a similar scheme in Scotland, with his party calling for its implementation ahead of potential sanctions against former health secretary Michael Matheson.
Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.
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