+1 862 207 3288 The infamous West Lothian question was raised by Tam Dalyell , M.P. for the former constituency of West Lothian in contemplation of the Scotland Bill 1978. Mr. Dalyell asked how it was, following devolution, that a Scottish M.P. at Westminster could vote on, say, health or education affecting English constituencies while he could not vote on health or education affecting his own constituency, because these are matters among those devolved to the Scottish Parliament. It is the flip side of this contentious issue that has caused the most controversy: it has been criticised in the context of the unfairness of the ability of Scottish M.P.s at Westminster to continue to vote on English issues, while English M.P.s are no longer able to vote on devolved Scottish matters . It is said that [i]t has become a political clich to say that there is no answer to the West Lothian questi…(short extract)
