what issues have welsh and Scottish devolution caused Flashcards
asymmetrical devoloution
where different national assemble.ie in the UK have been given different powers
the west lothian question
the perceived imbalance of voting rights of MPs in the UK parliament where Scottish and welsh MPs could vote in English matters but English MPs hd no voting rights in regional assemblies
- resulting in is there a need for English parliament for English matters
the Barnett formula
this is the formula that calculates the funding level of Wales and scotland which means changes to funding in England can affect Wales and Scotland
forn exmple the building of HS2 was deemed to be an English and welsh project despite not going to Wales. this meantbthat Wales was not eligible for the Barnett consequential funding that scotland did benefit from
challenge to unitary nature of UK
scotland pushing for second independence referendum