• The West Lothian question, also known as the English question, is a political issue in the United Kingdom. It concerns the question of whether members...
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    West Lothian (Scots: Wast Lowden; Scottish Gaelic: Lodainn an Iar) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, bordering (in a clockwise direction) the...
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    West Lothian, Scotland, near both Bathgate and Livingston, two of the larger towns in the county. It is situated approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of...
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    legislation of the Scottish Parliament. This phenomenon is known as the West Lothian question and has led to criticism. Following the Conservative victory in...
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    developed following devolution in the United Kingdom as a result of the West Lothian question, a concern about the perceived inequity of MPs from Northern Ireland...
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    independence has been seen by its advocates as a way to resolve the West Lothian question in British politics: Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish MPs in the...
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  • the government when setting up the commission, it referred to the West Lothian question, a term coined in 1977 to refer to anomalies existing in the pre-devolution...
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  • UK Government and UK Parliament, which gives rise to the West Lothian question. The question concerns the fact that, on devolved matters, Scottish MPs...
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    UK Government and UK Parliament which gives rise to the West Lothian question. The question concerns the fact that, on devolved matters, Scottish MPs...
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  • see Little Russia and Russification of Ukraine Wendish question West Lothian question "Question of Western Sahara", the title of two United Nations resolutions:...
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  • new structure. This situation led to the anomaly, known as the West Lothian question, which is that Scottish Members of Parliament (MPs) have been able...
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  • as a solution to the "Irish Problem", and more lately, to the "West Lothian question". The United Kingdom has traditionally been governed as a unitary...
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    ill) Drug policy Reform of the National Health Service Social care West Lothian question Rejoining the European Union Advocating for Hong Kong independence...
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    constitutional reform, including reform of the House of Lords, the West Lothian Question, electoral policy, political party funding reform and royal succession...
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  • whose concerns about Scottish devolution were labelled "the West Lothian question". West Lothian was created for the 1950 general election, partly replacing...
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  • East also affected the Labour Government's attempt to address the West Lothian question, because the government had canvassed regional assemblies as a partial...
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    establishment of self-governing English political institutions has been the West Lothian question: the constitutional inconsistency whereby Scottish, Welsh and Northern...
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    addressed this to an extent by choosing two of the options from the identity question: British and Irish. It found that, while 28% of respondents stated they...
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    he was introducing a bill into the House of Lords to address the West Lothian question. This would prevent Scottish and Welsh MPs from voting on legislation...
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  • devolved English Parliament have been raised in relation to the West Lothian question, which came to the fore after devolutionary changes to British parliaments...
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    from throughout the United Kingdom, this has given rise to the "West Lothian question", a reference to the situation in which MPs representing constituencies...
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    Dalyell said devolution would be a "motorway to independence". His West Lothian question asked why MPs for Scottish constituencies should be able to decide...
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    relating to devolved matters. This has led to a paradox known as the West Lothian question. The existence of a devolved Scottish Parliament means that while...
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    English independence in 2013. Modern political issues such as the West Lothian question and the use of English tax money to subsidise other countries in...
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  • MP Sir Malcolm Rifkind in 2007 as part of his "East Lothian Answer" to the West Lothian Question. This was echoed by the report of the McKay Commission...
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    Tam Dalyell (category Nobility from West Lothian)
    West Lothian) from 1962 to 2005. A member of the Labour Party, he was best known for formulating what came to be known as the "West Lothian question"...
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    concerned the question of devolving limited political powers from the UK Parliament to elected regional assemblies in North East England, North West England...
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    England. Regarding parliamentary matters, an anomaly called the West Lothian Question had come to the fore as a result of legislative devolution for Scotland...
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    has supported "radical devolution" to England to deal with the West Lothian Question and appointed Tristram Hunt to look at what powers ought to be devolved...
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    politicians of all main parties have voiced concerns in regard to the West Lothian question, which is raised where certain policies for England are set by MPs...
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