West Lothian question 西洛錫安問題

West Lothian question
繁:西洛錫安問題
简:西洛锡安问题

西洛錫安問題」源於1977年11月,代表蘇格蘭西洛錫安的工黨議員戴利埃爾在下議院首次提出有關蘇格蘭權力下放的問題。他指,放權後蘇格蘭、威爾斯及北愛爾蘭的非英格蘭國會議員,能在英格蘭事務上投票,但英格蘭議員卻無法在蘇格蘭事務投票。

話你知:「西洛錫安問題」未有圓滿答案(2014年9月21日)。文匯報,取自 http://paper.wenweipo.com/2014/09/21/GJ1409210018.htm

The West Lothian question, or the issue of “English votes for English laws”, regards the concept that in a devolved system, Scottish MPs can vote on England-only policies, but English MPs do not have an equivalent say on how Scotland is run because it is led by the Scottish parliament.

Scottish referendum result: What is the West Lothian question? (2014, September 19). Independent. Retrieved from http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/scottish-independence/scottish-referendum-result-what-is-the-west-lothian-question-9743318.html