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Create an English parliament
Do you support the idea of an English parliament?

Do you support the idea of an English parliament?

Conservative Mr Cameron said he did not back an English Parliament but instead adapting the voting procedures in Westminster for English-only and English and Welsh issues. http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/scottish-politics/cameron-only-conservatives-can-offer-balanced-devolution-for-uk.1411899301

Liberal Democrat on the divisive issue of English votes for English matters, we must start with the work of Sir William McKay, who has already done a lot of the heavy lifting after the Coalition asked him to look at this. Sir McKay suggested a number of ways of giving English MPs a special right to vet legislation where it only affects England, bringing in Welsh MPs where appropriate, in a way which avoids fragmenting the Commons http://www.libdems.org.uk/nick_clegg_this_opportunity_cannot_be_hijacked

Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru's core belief is that the people of Wales should have the right to determine their own future – and the people of England have that right as well. Source: Hywel Williams MP http://www.partyof.wales/news/2012/04/23/plaid-call-for-english-parliament-on-st-georges-day/

UKIP UKIP will overcome the unfairness of MPs from devolved nations voting on English-only issues.

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