The West Lothian Question.

We hear a lot about it, but just what is it?  The problem arises because although Scotland now has a devolved parliament to which the Scots elect MSPs, they are still part of the United Kingdom and therefore also elect MPs to Westminster.  So you have a situation where Scottish MPs at Westminster can speak and vote on matters which only affect England say, whereas matters just affecting Scotland are dealt with at Holyrood and therefore (quite properly) English MPs have no input.  It's called the West Lothian Question by the way because it was first raised by Tam Dalyell, who at the time was MP for West Lothian.  I think that many Scottish MPs at Westminster voluntarily stay out of debates on purely English matters, but it's worth remembering that the last Prime Minister was a Scottish MP, as were several members of his cabinet, and they of course couldn't stay out of English matters even if they had wanted to.