Revoke this official order moving Scotland's boundaries from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Carnoustie, Making 6000 square miles of Scottish Sea English or lodge a new boundary order. Learn More
Because the World understands that Tony Blair lied and produced false evidence to attack Iraq. However the World does not know that Tony Blair allowed 6,000 miles of Scottish Sea be made English in 1999.
Lobby the UK Government to revoke the 1999 official order that made 6,000 square miles of Scottish Sea, English. Whilst submitting another order to move the boundaries back to the 1987 boundary.
Posted by Oil Ofscotland at 7:18pm on August 31st, 2010
We have revised our e-petition that has been submitted to the Scottish Government that calls on the Scottish Ministers to lobby the UK Government to bring an Order through the Westminster Parliament revoking or amending the 1999 Order.
This order moved Scotland's boundaries from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Carnoustie, which has made 6,000 square miles of Scottish Sea English. In moving this boundary some 60 miles north on the grounds of fishing some 17.3% of the oil and gas revenues are unable to be published in Scotland’s economy reports.
We have also called upon Scottish Ministers to submit a further order through section 126(2) of the Scotland Act 1998 that moves the marine boundary back to the internationally recongised 1987 boundary.
This time urging the UK Government in the name democracy and transparencies to openly debate this new order in the House of Commons.
Thank you much all of those who have recruited members to the cause.
http://www.causes.com/causes/496551?m=&r...=
Updated: The cause has reached 2,000 members.
Just taking everything out of Scotland including our fishing grounds. The naval dock's in Scotland have all gone except the nuclear sub's. They're trying to close the RAF stations. The army well there is only one army here in Scotland now. Just three things they are taking from us before independents. There are lots of other thing's they are taking out of Scotland
Just blogged about it my friend and will pass it on
peace and light from the wee tin
As this act was passed without the consultation of the Scottish People. This petition is aimed at reversing this act.
The official order that was not openly debated in the house of commons.
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1999/1999...
This decision of Henry McLeish of the Scottish Labour Party. That ''quietly moved'' England's North Sea fisheries boundary 60 miles north.
The SNP and Liberal Democrats joined fishing leaders in calling on First Minister Donald Dewar to explain why McLeish gave away Scotland's legal rights to 6000 square miles of prime fishing waters to the English.
Gordon Wilson, an SNP candidate in the forthcoming European elections, claims the alteration to the fisheries boundary is ''strategic'' in nature and sets a dangerous legal precedent.
Wilson is holding a conference in Aberdeen tomorrow to express outrage at the move which he says amounts to the English ''robbing us of our waters''.
Wilson added: ''If it had been land rather than water which had been robbed in such a fashion there would have been an uproar.
''This carve-up has been done under the guise of devolution and it is a threat to our rights under Scots law. Scottish fishermen fish between 80-85% of the waters which are affected and are now suddenly subject to English law.
''This area has been removed from Scottish jurisdiction ... it is a dangerous precedent.''
Wilson said he was investigating whether the boundary shift would affect ''other activities'', such as oil and mineral exploration which take place inside the marine area.
LibDem Euro candidate Robert Aldridge said he was ''very concerned'' about how the alteration to the boundary ''had come about''.
''It has been quietly done and seems to have bypassed any democratic process,'' he said. ''It has broader implications for democracy which are quite worrying.
''We will be pressing to have this looked at again with a public examination of the reasons for the boundary change which has been implemented.''
The former boundary between English and Scottish waters ran due east from Berwick to a median line between the UK and Norway. But a new ''demarcated'' limit has been created 60 miles further North at Carnoustie. The new boundary has been drawn up under international maritime regulations to identify a zone within British fishery limits for which Scottish ministers will be responsible in the future. The boundary shift was established by an order carried out at Westminster under the Scottish Adjacent Boundaries Order (1999).
The order was passed by the House of Lords and the Committee on Delegated Legislation on March 23, but was not openly debated in the Commons.
It was moved by McLeish - then a Scottish Office minister and now a senior member of the Scottish Cabinet - and reportedly received minimal opposition from a committee containing three other Scottish MPs - Tam Dalyell - Scottish Labour, Sir Robert Smith – Scottish Liberal Democrats and John McAllion Scottish Labour.
A Scottish Office spokesman said the change in the fishing boundary - which did not come to light until early last week - was necessary as a result of Scottish devolution. However, the spokesman could not explain the constitutional logic of the boundary alteration.
The spokesman said the area, which now comes under English limits, would be policed by Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food protection vessels rather than the Scottish Fishery Protection Agency.
Hamish Morrison, the Scottish Fishermen's Federation chief executive, said that although the boundaries became law a month ago, the federation had not been informed about the decision and there had been no effort made by the government to consult with the organisation on the matter.
A Scottish Office spokesman defended the controversial boundary changes, claiming that ''full and proper parliamentary procedures were followed''.
it,s a start! i,m sharpening my broadsword just now, let me know when we move for the borders!
Congratulations! Let's keep this cause moving forward and reverse Enland's theft of Scottish territory.
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