The House of Commons is a British Institution, not formed exclusively for the benefit of any single member nation of the United Kingdom.

Historically and specifically pre-devolution, no elected party has had any qualms about whipping in English members to vote on exclusively Scottish, Irish and Welsh issues.

There is a potentially valid answer to the West Lothian question that merits real consideration.

If England has a desire to have powers that are similar to those that have been devolved to other member nations, then we should elect to form an equivalent English devolved body and delegate exclusively English matters to that body. For English-only matters members could vacate the House of Commons and move to deal with exclusively English issues in the devolved body.

To provide some balance, there is a strong desire in the UK to streamline the number of elected Members who sit in the House of Commons. The formation of an elected English body would provide a real opportunity to address this re-structure in an appropriate and proportionate way across all of the constituent nations.