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For much of the 2010–15 Parliament the English Question was not a conspicuous feature of political debate in the UK. However, the issue of English votes for English laws (EvfEl) was thrust to centre stage by Prime Minister David Cameron in the aftermath of the Scottish independence referendum, when he announced that fulfilment of the promise of further devolution to Scotland must be accompanied by an answer to the West Lothian Question at Westminster. This article analyses these events and explores their possible consequences. It argues that a reform of parliamentary procedures along the lines outlined in the report of the McKay Commission looks increasingly likely, but that this will not mark a resolution of the broader English Question, and the future of the Union remains in doubt.
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THROUGHOUT most of its history, Scotland was an independent state. The Kingdom of Scotland was founded in 843 AD. In 1296, it was invaded by English troops. As a result of the First War of Scottish Independence, which lasted until 1314, the Scots defeated the English army, and in 1328, England recognized the independence of Scotland. Nevertheless, the English continued to wage war against it until the passage of the Acts of Union by the English and Scottish parliaments in 1707. The two acts of parliament provided for the establishment of a single state by the name of Great Britain. For about a century before that, after King James VI of Scotland succeeded to the English throne in 1603 as King James I of England on the death of his cousin Elizabeth I, England and Scotland were ruled by one monarch, but remained sovereign states.
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