tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post7961986745042693194..comments2024-03-28T07:16:39.621+00:00Comments on Lallands Peat Worrier: How do you solve a problem like Bill Walker?Lallands Peat Worrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-74877451973314492942013-08-30T13:51:08.432+01:002013-08-30T13:51:08.432+01:00Norrie,
Ian Smart had an interesting thought on t...Norrie,<br /><br />Ian Smart had an interesting thought on that front (not employment law, but an indirect way of bringing its ideas to bear on Walker's case.) Have <a href="http://lallandspeatworrier.blogspot.com/2013/08/how-do-you-solve-problem-like-bill_30.html" rel="nofollow">blogged here.</a>Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-1176969259582575202013-08-30T13:24:10.859+01:002013-08-30T13:24:10.859+01:00It has been said that Mr Walker is in it for the m...It has been said that Mr Walker is in it for the money. Could employment law be used to at least stop his salary if he is jailed and unable therefore to do his job?<br /><br />Perhaps that would persuade him to step down.Norriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06249891701471823838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-49919873204638953292013-08-30T09:22:10.862+01:002013-08-30T09:22:10.862+01:00Stewart,
That's based on a misreading of the ...Stewart,<br /><br />That's based on a misreading of the Act, I fear. The general constitutional reservation of THE Wesminster Parliament would, in my view, be sufficient to render any Bill of the Scottish Parliament purporting to hold elections to the Lords clearly <i>ultra vires</i>, whatever the specific reservations say or don't say. <br /><br />I imagine you'll remember the fate of Adam Ingram's Bill to cut civil appeals to the Judiciary Committee of the House of Lords as was, rejected by the Presiding Officer on the basis that it too was <i>ultra vires</i>. (Interestingly, as the UK Supreme Court has moved out of parliament, and enjoys no entrenched protections, I'd argue that it <i>is</i> now in Holyrood's powers to limit civil appeals south, but that's by-the-by. Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-17474428953980227812013-08-29T18:31:08.901+01:002013-08-29T18:31:08.901+01:00Dear Peat Worrier,
You say "The UK parliamen...Dear Peat Worrier,<br /><br />You say "The UK parliament is a reserved matter."<br /><br />As ever - yes but..<br /><br />It could for example be perfectly legal for the Scottish Parliament to hold elections for the House of Lords because such a provision is not included in the list of specific reservations in the Scotland Act. (Schedule 5 B3 only reserves "Elections for membership of the House of Commons, the European Parliament and the Parliament")<br /><br />I say that only to point out the absurd way in which the act is structured.<br /><br />But how absurd is the House of Lords as part of an undemocratic state legislature where only a minority of members are elected?zsstevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14294443973788862827noreply@blogger.com