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Originally Posted by Percy the Poodle
An English Parliament with strong powers could be used to send all of these messages to national government and might actually help to keep the union together via a federal system.
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UKIP policy supports the formation of a de-facto English Parliament within the structures of the Union of the UK.
UKIP is the only political party to offer a solution to the 'English Question' (which has emerged since Labour's botched devolution in 1999 in Scotland and Wales) in which the national Union (UK) Parliament is directly linked to the devolved bodies.
The policy of UKIP is that the present rival Parliament in Edinburgh and the Welsh Assembly at Cardiff are closed down saving a large amount of taxpayers' money. The duties and responsibilities of both would be passed to Scottish and Welsh constituency MPs elected to the House of Commons who would meet regularly in different parts of Scotland and Wales to deal with the work of the present Scottish Parliament and of the Welsh Assembly.
There would be no need hold separate elections for a Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly - MPs elected to the House of Commons would deal with the work of both as detailed above.
While Scottish and Welsh constituency MPs were away from Westminster on devolved matters, the English constituency MPs would deliberate on specifically English matters before the House of Commons.