Can welsh/scottish army men be recalled from Iraq

[Dom Tuk]

Does the Welsh/Scottish assembly have any powers to recall army men/women from scotland and Wales from the war in Iraq if the army personnel show a desire to return?

[Whickerman]

Nope - still under the control of the UK services (no Welsh national army as yet...)

Actually, valid point. It's stuff like that that shows the devolved governments for what they actually are - beefed up councils.

[raysparx1]

They only have the power that Westminster lets them have, I live in Wales and apart from free bus Travel,they don't seem to have done much else, apart from argue how much they are paid and where they sit!!!

[johnizere]

Welsh Assembly???.........Trumpton and Toytown comes to mind when I hear about it!...Does anyone actually believe it has anything to do with self government for Wales?. It's part of regionalising the UK to suit ze European dream, ala fat Prescotts' ambition for northern England, devolution by the back door. Thank goodness the referendum up there showed the people had more sense. The result of the referendum here in Wales was never in doubt, narrow "yes" vote. And while I'm at it, I must have been sleeping when the Welsh Assembly suddenly became the Welsh Assembly GOVERNMENT....?
Rant over...answer to the question has to be no..they are forces of HMQ.
Are you also asking can a soldier ask "please sir, can I be excused from fighting today?"...."get back into line, lovely boy!"....(Windsor Davies accent please!)

[Hammer Head]

To be strictly accurate johnizere, in the Welsh referendum in 1997 the turnout was 50.2% and of those 50.5% voted in favour. So it could be said that only 1 in 4 of the Welsh people voted in favour of the Assembly. Hardly a democratic mandate. That is why we must continue to fight for its abolition.