Early Day Motion·EDM 996
BERWICK-UPON-TWEED AND SCOTLAND (No. 3)
21 February 200812 Signatures
Primary sponsor
Graham Stringer
Labour — Blackley and Middleton South
Motion Text
That this House notes that the poll conducted by ITV's Tonight programme indicated that a majority of residents of Berwick-upon-Tweed wished to be part of Scotland; believes that this view is caused by the extra funding Scotland receives via the Barnett Formula, and that the continuation of this formula threatens the union between England and Scotland; and therefore calls for an urgent review of the formula.