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6.1 Introduction 6.1 Introduction
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6.2 The Conservatives, the Union and Devolution: A Historical Preamble 6.2 The Conservatives, the Union and Devolution: A Historical Preamble
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6.3 Early Designs for EVEL 6.3 Early Designs for EVEL
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6.4 The English Question Emerges, 2014–15 6.4 The English Question Emerges, 2014–15
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6.5 The Operation of EVEL, 2015–17 6.5 The Operation of EVEL, 2015–17
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6.6 The Decline of Unionist Statecraft? 6.6 The Decline of Unionist Statecraft?
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6.7 Conclusions 6.7 Conclusions
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Acknowledgements Acknowledgements
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References References
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6 Interpreting EVEL: Latest Station in the Conservative Party’s English Journey?
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Published:November 2018
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In October 2015, the Conservative Government introduced a reform to the procedures of the House of Commons known as ‘English votes for English laws’ (or EVEL). This chapter examines how the Conservative Party, which has historically been closely identified with unionism, became the architect of such a scheme. It documents how this topic emerged in political debate, following the implementation of devolution and, again, in the aftermath of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. And it analyses EVEL’s operation at Westminster in 2015–17, uncovering tensions within it that point to deeper strains within Conservative Party thinking. It concludes that EVEL needs to be understood not only as a response to the ‘West Lothian Question’, but also in relation to a longer-term disjuncture in the Conservative psyche arising from two competing conceptions of the nature and purpose of union.
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