“I will finish the history and then I will let the hon. Gentleman intervene. When, in 1972, the Kilbrandon royal commission again considered English votes for English laws, it concluded: “in our view, therefore, all Members of Parliament, whether or not they come from regions with their own legislative assemblies, must have the same rights of participation in the business of the House of Commons”. Then again, in 1977, when James Callaghan had to revisit the issue during the first Scotlan”
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