Sentence examples for English matters from inspiring English sources

It wants English-only votes at Westminster on English matters.

But Scottish MPs can vote on purely English matters.

It is in fact not possible to separate English matters from Scottish.

But other Tories called for a ban on Scottish MPs voting on English matters.

"We have to acknowledge an unfairness where Scottish MPs vote on exclusively English matters.

Hague said it would be "inconceivable" to continue to allow Scottish MPs to vote on English matters.

It has no final answer to the old question of why Scottish MPs should be allowed to vote on English matters once Scotland has a parliament.

The idea, espoused by the Tories and others, of letting only English MPs vote on English matters, might in practice produce rival parliamentary majorities, deadlock and chaos.

This has been done on the basis that most votes on English matters can be argued to have implications for Scotland, a significant blurring of nationalist orthodoxy.

Sinn Fein MPs have no more been in the habit of voting in (or indeed attending) the Commons than SNP members have on purely English matters.

"The SNP have never voted on English matters in the past and said before the election that they had no intention of doing  so.