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| 'English votes for English laws' plans to be unveiled | 'English votes for English laws' plans to be unveiled |
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| The government is expected to set out proposals for introducing "English votes for English laws" later. | The government is expected to set out proposals for introducing "English votes for English laws" later. |
| Commons Leader William Hague is to present MPs with a range of options after the parties failed to reach agreement on the way forward. | Commons Leader William Hague is to present MPs with a range of options after the parties failed to reach agreement on the way forward. |
| There have been increased calls for English MPs to have greater power over matters that only apply in England. | There have been increased calls for English MPs to have greater power over matters that only apply in England. |
| It follows the promise of more power for the Scottish Parliament made ahead of the "No" vote to independence. | It follows the promise of more power for the Scottish Parliament made ahead of the "No" vote to independence. |
| The options in the command paper presented by Mr Hague are expected to propose options : | |
| Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to bring in changes, saying this should be linked to the transfer of more powers to Holyrood. | Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to bring in changes, saying this should be linked to the transfer of more powers to Holyrood. |
| Labour is opposed to this idea, claiming it would create two classes of MPs. | Labour is opposed to this idea, claiming it would create two classes of MPs. |
| The party boycotted talks led by Mr Hague, calling it a "stitch up". | The party boycotted talks led by Mr Hague, calling it a "stitch up". |
| Labour put forward its own proposals last week, which would create a committee of English MPs to scrutinise bills that would not apply elsewhere in the UK. | Labour put forward its own proposals last week, which would create a committee of English MPs to scrutinise bills that would not apply elsewhere in the UK. |
| This was one of the options put forward by the McKay Commission set up by the government in 2012 to look at the so-called West Lothian Question. | This was one of the options put forward by the McKay Commission set up by the government in 2012 to look at the so-called West Lothian Question. |
| Former Labour deputy prime minister Lord Prescott said the constitutional changes taking place in Scotland had "taken decades" to materialise and yet the Conservatives were now seeking a new settlement for England "in weeks". | |
| "This is a stitch-up," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. "They are rushing it through. This is major constitutional change. I support decentralisation but this is centralisation in an English Parliament." | |
| The West Lothian Question | The West Lothian Question |
| Q&A: The West Lothian Question | Q&A: The West Lothian Question |
| Lord Prescott said the question of how laws were scrutinised in Parliament cannot be "divorced" from the issue of powers for the English regions, warning that if this wasn't addressed it would "cause resentment between the north and the south (of England)". | |
| The case for more financial powers for the English regions, he argued, was even greater than a decade ago, when his proposal for an assembly for the north east of England was rejected in a referendum. | |
| There are differences in the Lib Dem and Labour proposals for how a committee of MPs to vet English legislation would work. | There are differences in the Lib Dem and Labour proposals for how a committee of MPs to vet English legislation would work. |
| Te Lib Dems suggest the make-up of any committee should be based on proportional representation, while Labour wants it to be linked to the number of English MPs in Parliament. | |
| A commission on Scottish devolution set up by Mr Cameron after the referendum recommended that the Scottish Parliament should be able to set its own income tax rates, with all of the cash earned staying north of the border. | A commission on Scottish devolution set up by Mr Cameron after the referendum recommended that the Scottish Parliament should be able to set its own income tax rates, with all of the cash earned staying north of the border. |
| It also said a share of VAT should be assigned to Holyrood and Air Passenger Duty fully devolved. | It also said a share of VAT should be assigned to Holyrood and Air Passenger Duty fully devolved. |
| Many Conservatives argue that it is unfair that Scottish MPs should help decide how things such as schools and the health service are run in England when English MPs have no such say over how they are run in Scotland. | |
| The government has also said it will give English councils more powers over transport and control over their finances in an attempt to create what Chancellor George Osborne calls "northern powerhouses". | The government has also said it will give English councils more powers over transport and control over their finances in an attempt to create what Chancellor George Osborne calls "northern powerhouses". |
| Professor John Curtice from the University of Strathclyde said he did not believe there would be an agreement on the issue on Tuesday. | |
| He told Radio 4's Today: "Although David Cameron started this particular ball rolling, and for a while at least it was a ball that did indeed cause the Labour Party considerable embarrassment, I think we are going to discover today that actually now he has got trouble on his own side of the House of Commons." | |
| The Conservatives cannot agree among themselves how far to go, he added, meaning it was unlikely they would "come up with a clear option today". |