The Fair Votes for All campaign, which is being led in Crawley by Henry Smith MP, has extended its deadline for signatures to be received.
Henry Smith MP has confirmed that he will need to receive signatures by Monday, 9th March, to ensure the views of Crawley residents will be recorded in the House of Commons.
Henry said;
“I have been working with a number of Conservative MPs on the Fair Votes for All campaign, to secure English Votes for the English Nation. It shows the strength of feeling right across the country that the campaign – that I am honoured to be a Patron of – is giving people in England more time to get involved.
“There are significant areas of policy which are devolved to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, but as it stands now, Scottish MPs in Westminster can vote on matters affecting England in the House of Commons, even though English MPs rightly can’t vote on Scotland issues.
“With more powers being devolved to Scotland following the independence referendum last year, it is not fair that Scottish MPs continue to determine issues that do not affect their constituents. This campaign is about ensuring that we can make decisions about our own priorities in our classrooms and in our NHS.”
Due to Parliamentary procedure, signatures must be done on paper, rather than online.
To register your support, please open the petition form on this page (available as a Word document), and please return it to: Henry Smith MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. In order to guarantee inclusion, Henry will need to receive the completed petition by Monday, 9th March.
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