West Lothian question
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west-lothian-question-172-5762136
title:
West Lothian question
text:
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 of Parliament (MPs) from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales who sit in the House of Commons should be able to vote on matters that affect only England, while neither they nor MPs from England are able to vote on matters that have been devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Scottish Parliament and the Senedd. The term West Lothian questio
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UK constitutional anomaly
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Lothian_question
date created:
2002-12-16T23:13:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T18:34:23Z
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