McKay Commission
The May 2010 coalition agreement between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats provides that a commission will be established to consider the West Lothian question.
In September 2011, the Government announced that the commission will be established in the near future and that it would consist of "independent, non-partisan experts". The new commission will examine how the House of Commons and Parliament as a whole could deal with business that effects only England and is devolved in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The commission will not look at reducing the number of MPs from the other three constituent countries or financing of the devolved institutions. In December 2011, the Cabinet Office confirmed that the commission will be formed in February 2012 and is expected to report in Spring 2013.
On 17 January 2012, it was announced that this six-member commission would be named the "Commission on the consequences of devolution for the House of Commons", would be chaired by former Clerk of the House of Commons Sir William McKay, and would have one member from each of the devolved countries.
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