SNP MSP for Cunninghame South, Ruth Maguire, is calling on Tory regional MSPs Jamie Greene, Maurice Golden, and Maurice Corry, to oppose the UK Tory government’s attempts to use the EU Repeal Bill to strip Holyrood of powers.
The Scottish Tories need to distance themselves from the Bill which represents a naked power-grab, an attack on the founding principles of devolution, and which could destabilise our economy.
Commenting, Ruth said:
“Twenty years on since the referendum on devolution in Scotland, and the Tories are attempting an attack on the founding principles of devolution under the guise of the EU Repeal Bill.
The SNP wants a smooth transition as much as the UK government, however this should be achieved through negotiation, not imposition. And it must be achieved in a way that respects Scotland’s hard-won devolved powers.
I call on West of Scotland Conservative MSPs Jamie Greene, Maurice Golden, and Maurice Corry,to challenge any attempts at a naked power-grab on the devolved administrations by the Tories in Westminster during the withdrawal process from the EU, and to make clear their opposition to this Bill which sets out to undermine our national parliament.”
Ruth Maguire MSP 