TY - BOOK AU - Gover,Daniel AU - Kenny,Michael ED - Centre on Constitutional Change ED - University College, London. TI - Finding the good in EVEL: an evaluation of 'English Votes for English Laws' in the House of Commons SN - 9781527203761 PY - 2016/// CY - Edinburgh PB - Centre on Constitutional Change KW - Great Britain KW - Parliament KW - House of Commons KW - Law and legislation KW - Procedure KW - Parliamentary practice KW - 21st century N1 - Published in conjunction with the Constitution Unit N2 - Recent political developments have focused attention on the ‘English Question’. In response to the 2014 Scottish referendum result, the UK government initiated a procedural reform in the House of Commons known as ‘English Votes for English Laws’ (EVEL), which was formally adopted in October 2015. This report results from an in-depth academic research project into EVEL. It evaluates how the procedures fared during their first year in operation, and weighs arguments for and against such a reform. Based on this analysis, it makes a series of constructive proposals to improve the current system UR - https://hcl1.hclibrary.parliament.uk/Other_orgs/Centre_on_Constitutional_Change/EVEL_Report_A4_FINAL.pdf ER -