Sooner or later the free bee's being handed out by the Scottish Executive is going to course a split with England and English MP's. When that happens and the Scottish people find themselves footing the bill without English taxpayers money they may then wake up and realise how lucky they have been to be in a Union with England

Dave, mold, Flintshire

good idea, devolution was an inevitable step in destroying the union, the will be a quick fix till we either federalise or break up.

Robert, London,

I have every confidence in the English. They should be able to run their country efficiently now without the help of the Scots.
She has been supported by Scotland for too long and after 300 years, the time is right for her to leave the security of Scotland and reach for independence. Rifkind's proposal is the first step
As a Scot I wish her well.

pints, edinburgh,

Anything other than an English Parliament is another fudge, regionalisation as recommended by Neu L'bore is nothing more that the EUSSR dissection of the 1080 year old English State; an English Grand Committee as suggested by the Neu Torists has already been tried and shown to fail when introduced to Scotland by the Tories who, through Sir Malcolm Rifkind, the former Scottish secretary, immediately overuled its authority by introducing the Pole Tax to Scotland against the wishes of their Grand Committee.

I'm sorry, the issue is exactly about an English Parliament working in a fair and open federal system where each constituent part of the YooKay gets their say on issues that affect them. Anything less will not be tolerated by the fair and just people of England. Anything less will guarantee exactly what most of the MP's in Westminster fear the most, the break up of the Union. Personally speaking , it looks more and more attractive and likely.

stubby, Telford, England

May I remind you all that the SNP does not vote on England only issues.

Disgruntled Dorothy, Glasgow, Scotland

David Cairns objections are pure obfuscation. As a consequence odf devolution there are already four classes of Westminster MP. Clearly, all English MPs should be able to vote on Crossrail and the like, since all English MPs have the same powers as one another (but not the same as Scots, Welsh or Norther Irish MPs). As to bills such as the English smoking ban containing clauses affecting the other countries this is a minor drafting issue, not an Insuperable problem behind which New Labour can hide.

James Matthews, London,