A former Tory Home Secretary, Lord Baker, has introduced a Bill seeking to answer the West Lothian Question. The Bill seeks to prevent Scottish and Welsh MPs and Peers from voting on matters devolved to their respective devolved assemblies.

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This is a terrible bill, and will only give the SNP/Plaid Cymru more ammunition for their campaigns for independence. They will say that Scottish and Welsh MPs are second-rate MPs, second to their English counterparts, that this is undervaluing Scots.

In my opinion, there should not be this "half-house" for English matters, either fully devolve the powers to a new English Parliament or take devolution away from Scotland and Wales, restore their equality in Britain.

As for the prevention of Peers to vote on Englsh matters, it is absurd. The Kings of Great Britain between 1602 and 1707 appointed numerous Scottish Lords of Parliament, especially King James VI in his attempts to united Scotland with England. Also, preventing Scottish Peers from voting on English matters is a breach of Article 23 of the Treaty of the Act of Union which guarantees the equal rights of Scottish and English Peers, hence rendering such a ban unconstitutional.