First elected: 21st December 2000
Left House: 30th March 2015 (Retired)
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e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.
If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.
If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).
These initiatives were driven by Eric Joyce, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.
Eric Joyce has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Eric Joyce has not introduced any legislation before Parliament
Eric Joyce has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
In the event of a vote for independence, decisions about UK citizenship would
rest with the UK Government; the basis for entitlement to Scottish citizenship
would be for the government of an independent Scottish state to decide.
The UK has historically been tolerant of plural nationalities, and therefore it
is likely that it would be possible for an individual to hold both British and
Scottish citizenship. However, under current rules British citizens living
outside the UK cannot pass their British nationality on more than one
generation. So, the children of British citizens living in an independent
Scotland would be British citizens, but their children and subsequent
generations would not be.
The government of the continuing UK would also need to consider whether all
British citizens living in Scotland could retain their British citizenship upon
independence. This cannot be guaranteed and could be dependent on any residence
requirements or proof of affinity to the continuing UK. It is not possible to
predict now what the decision of a future government of the continuing UK might
be in this area.
The UK Government is not planning for Scottish independence and neither is the Ministry of Defence. Existing members of the UK Armed Forces would still be part of the UK Armed Forces and, as far as the UK Government is concerned, would be able to continue to serve in them, subject to the usual requirements of service.