Is the UK government serious about the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly?

There have been 47 plenary sessions of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly and its predecessor body since 1990. They usually take place in Ireland or GB. Many Taoisigh have addressed the meeting and underlined their support for its work. But never has a British Prime Minister done the same. Being in London it would have been a golden opportunity for the British PM, David Cameron to break the mould. Or Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister with formal responsibility for the …

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Villiers tells BIPA there will be no further devolution until after Scottish Referendum

listen to ‘No more devolution for Scotland until after Referendum ’ on Audioboo I’ll have to get some tips off Alan about recording Audioboos at live events, since you really have to turn this one up loud to hear anything at all.. But this is the new Secretary of State telling the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly in answer to a question about the devolution of Airport and Passenger Duty to Scotland that there will be no talk of repatriating powers …

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