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Alex Richard George Day,

Is it true that you will be appearing in a Labour Party broadcast before the next election, despite your private support for Lib Dems during the 2010 election? Do you believe that Labour under Miliband is signifigantly different from the party under Brown?

How do you propose to solve the 'West Lothian' question? Is the English Grand Committee an acceptable solution to the problem at hand?

For some context to readers outside of the UK, certain powers are devolved to the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Assembly, but no such devolved body exists for England.

Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland voters elect MPs to the UK Parliament who often cast deciding votes on these devolved issues for laws which only affect England, while English voters have no say on these matters for Scotland, Wales and NI.

After the 2015 election in which then Tory leader David Cameron pledged support for 'English votes on English laws', a conclusion of the McKay commission established under the Liberal Democrat-Tory coalition, an English Grand Committee was established, which votes on bills or portions of bills that the speaker has determined to be relevant only to England and/or Wales. This still leaves Scottish, Northern Ireland and Welsh MPs to vote on bills which do not apply to their constituents on a later reading.

What's your opinion on Putin's aggressive actions toward Ukraine in Crimea and the east? Should President Obama ask Putin to say he's sorry?

So are you confirming your 2010 private support for Lib Dems?

How do you propose to solve the 'West Lothian' question? Is the English Grand Committee an acceptable solution to the problem at hand?

For some context to readers outside of the UK, certain powers are devolved to the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Assembly, but no such devolved body exists for England.

Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland voters elect MPs to the UK Parliament who often cast deciding votes on these devolved issues for laws which only affect England, while English voters have no say on these matters for Scotland, Wales and NI.

After the 2015 election in which then Tory leader David Cameron pledged support for 'English votes on English laws', a conclusion of the McKay commission established under the Liberal Democrat-Tory coalition, an English Grand Committee was established, which votes on bills or portions of bills that the speaker has determined to be relevant only to England and/or Wales. This still leaves Scottish, Northern Ireland and Welsh MPs to vote on bills which do not apply to their constituents on a later reading.