26 October 2010
Harriett Baldwin questions the Deputy PM on the establishment of a commission to look into the West Lothian question - which is the problem where Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish MPs vote on matters concerning England, but English MPs cannot vote on the same issues as they are devolved in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire) (Con): The coalition programme for government calls for a commission to be established to look into the West Lothian question. Please will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on the establishment of that commission?
The Deputy Prime Minister: My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, who has responsibility for constitutional affairs, will lead on that and he will announce our intention to set up a commission on the long-standing knotty problem of the West Lothian question by the end of the year.
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