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  Standing Orders - English Votes on English Laws and English and Welsh Votes on English and Welsh Laws
  
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  MPs were considering a motion proposing a number of new, and amended, Standing Orders for the House of Commons designed to give English MPs a veto over laws which only affect England and English and Welsh MPs a veto on laws which only affect England and Wales.
  
  The motion under consideration[1] began:
  
  :That
  :(1) The following new Standing Orders and changes to Standing Orders be made: .... 
  
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment: (a), 
  :in line 1, leave out from âThatâ to end and insert â
  :âthis House concurs with the Lords Message of 21 July, that it is expedient that a joint committee of Lords and Commons be appointed to consider and report on the constitutional implications of the Government's revised proposals to change the Standing Orders of the House of Commons in order to give effect to English Votes for English Laws, and that the committee should report on the proposals by 30 March 2016.â
  
  The message of 21 July referred to was sent in relation to the House of Lords agreeing a motion stating[2]:
  
  : that it is expedient that a joint committee of Lords and Commons be appointed to consider and report on the constitutional implications of the Governmentâs 14 July revised proposals to change the Standing Orders of the House of Commons in order to give effect to English Votes for English Laws, and that the committee should report on the proposals by 30 March 2016.
  
  
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  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2015-10-22b.1159.0#g1159.3 Motion on new Standing Orders and amendments, Chris Grayling MP, House of Commons, 22 October 2015]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/minutes/150722/ldordpap.htm#minproc House of Lords Minutes of Proceedings, 21 July 2015]
  
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