SNP AND PLAID CYMRU TO BRING FORWARD DISSOLUTION DEBATE.

SNP AND PLAID CYMRU TO BRING FORWARD DISSOLUTION DEBATE.

PEOPLE MUST HAVE SAY ON POLITICIANS AND PARLIAMENT

MPs could be given an opportunity next week to dissolve parliament and call an early General Election after the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Plaid Cymru announced they would seek to use debating time allotted to them to force a dissolution debate.

The move, if it was successful, in the wake of the Westminster expenses scandal, would give the public the chance to pass judgment on their politicians and the UK Parliament.

SNP Westminster leader, Angus Robertson MP, said:

“This dissolution motion is about confidence in the whole Westminster political system which has been mired in the expenses scandal.

“It is not just the UK Government that is out of step with public opinion, but Parliament itself.

“The only way to sort this mess out is for Parliament to be dissolved and for the people to have their say in a general election. There can be no argument against the entire House of Commons submitting itself to a vote of the people who elected them.

“This political crisis was created by politicians, and the SNP and Plaid Cymru will give Parliament the chance to give the people their say.

"The Westminster Government is crumbling, its authority has drained away and with European elections on Thursday the Scottish public have the opportunity with a vote for the SNP to force the pace on a general election.

“The time has come to allow people to have their say, and what better way to have a debate than hold a general election. There are a raft of issues from more responsibility for the Scottish Parliament, to reforming the House of Lords and the MPs' expenses issue that need to be debated by the public.”