MPs and Double Standards
A reader from North Lanarkshire has been in touch - to say that she's very disappointed at the response of her local MP over equal pay.
Apparently, the MP said that equal pay was not a matter for the Westminster Parliament - and that the enquiry should be referred instead to the local MSP.
Well it just goes to show you that some people have very short - and selective - memories.
Apparently, the MP said that equal pay was not a matter for the Westminster Parliament - and that the enquiry should be referred instead to the local MSP.
Well it just goes to show you that some people have very short - and selective - memories.
Maybe - with a little encouragement - MPs will recall that Dr John Reid, MP publicly opposing the closure of Monklands Hospital Accident & Emergency Department.
Despite the fact that the NHS is and was the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament at the time -and not Westminster!
Double standards or what?
The truth is that MPs are perfectly free to speak out on equal pay.
The Equal Pay 1970 and subsequent regulations are part of UK wide employment legislation – which MPs know full well
So, MPs have every right to stand up for their constituents on equal pay - hiding behind non-existent, bureaucratic parliamentary protocols - is no way for our them to behave.
