Comments on: Wales still vulnerable to interference by Whitehall Minsters http://www.clickonwales.org/2012/08/wales-still-vulnerable-to-interference-by-whitehall-minsters/ Fri, 24 May 2013 15:49:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Neilyn http://www.clickonwales.org/2012/08/wales-still-vulnerable-to-interference-by-whitehall-minsters/comment-page-1/#comment-118747 Neilyn Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:36:37 +0000 http://www.clickonwales.org/?p=15561#comment-118747 If the British government in London is going to challenge proposed Welsh legislation in this way it's clear something will have to change, for everyone's sake. Frustrating progress in Wales with costly and protracted legal challenges is not helpful to our social and economic development. It smacks of outdated imperial high-handedness. If British government ministers in Westminster are jealous about guarding their "rights" in setting the terms for making bylaws at local government level in Wales then something, somewhere is very wrong. We need to adopt a federal-type system in the UK so that each of the home nations can follow their own distinctive political path, or be prepared to become separate states of the EU. Who knows, Scotland may make the decision in 2014 on behalf of everyone else! If the British government in London is going to challenge proposed Welsh legislation in this way it’s clear something will have to change, for everyone’s sake. Frustrating progress in Wales with costly and protracted legal challenges is not helpful to our social and economic development. It smacks of outdated imperial high-handedness. If British government ministers in Westminster are jealous about guarding their “rights” in setting the terms for making bylaws at local government level in Wales then something, somewhere is very wrong.

We need to adopt a federal-type system in the UK so that each of the home nations can follow their own distinctive political path, or be prepared to become separate states of the EU. Who knows, Scotland may make the decision in 2014 on behalf of everyone else!

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]]> By: Billy Pilgrim http://www.clickonwales.org/2012/08/wales-still-vulnerable-to-interference-by-whitehall-minsters/comment-page-1/#comment-118682 Billy Pilgrim Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:03:08 +0000 http://www.clickonwales.org/?p=15561#comment-118682 There must be something peculiar about the issue of separate jurisdiction, because I just don't get it. I don't get why people are obsessed with this cul-de-sac. The reason why Scotland got more powers in 1998 was because it was felt that they wanted them. Wales got less powers because it was thought that a referendum on the same basis as Scotland's would end in failure. There was no direct connection between more powers and a separate judiciary. There will still be 'interference' with a separate judiciary due to the existence of the Supreme Court. A separate judiciary will bring benefits to a minority of legal professionals and will only result in power being further distanced from the majority. I would like to see an actual argument to explain why a separate jurisdiction would be beneficial. How will it improve the social, economic and cultural life of the majority of people in Wales? There must be something peculiar about the issue of separate jurisdiction, because I just don’t get it. I don’t get why people are obsessed with this cul-de-sac.

The reason why Scotland got more powers in 1998 was because it was felt that they wanted them. Wales got less powers because it was thought that a referendum on the same basis as Scotland’s would end in failure. There was no direct connection between more powers and a separate judiciary.

There will still be ‘interference’ with a separate judiciary due to the existence of the Supreme Court.

A separate judiciary will bring benefits to a minority of legal professionals and will only result in power being further distanced from the majority.

I would like to see an actual argument to explain why a separate jurisdiction would be beneficial. How will it improve the social, economic and cultural life of the majority of people in Wales?

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