MPs across Worcestershire have come out in support of English votes for English laws - saying the "time is right" to finally solve the 'West Lothian question'.

Parliamentarians in the county have urged the Prime Minister to take the decisive step of banning Scottish and Welsh MPs from voting on laws which only affect England.

A growing campaign has spread across the country since the Scottish referendum for the change, which would come alongside a new package of devolved powers for the Scots.

Worcester MP Robin Walker says residents have raised it with him in recent weeks and "100 per cent" want the status quo changed.

He also says is "staggered" at the response of the Labour Party, which has instead called for a 'constitutional convention' to examine the whole issue in greater detail.

Councillor Joy Squires, Worcester's Labour parliamentary candidate, has also refused to back an immediate change, calling it "tinkering" around the edges.

Mr Walker said: "It's absolutely absurd that Labour want to spend time on this 'constitutional convention' to what really is a very simple issue.

"Scottish and Welsh MPs should not be allowed to vote on laws that only affect England, it really is not complicated to change the standing orders of the commons to do this.

"I've had people on the doorsteps raise this with me and 100 per cent want to see changes, I just cannot understand Labour's blind spot over it."

Other MPs also say the principle of 'English votes on English laws' is an idea which must now become reality.

Sir Peter Luff MP, who represents Mid-Worcestershire, said it was time to "answer the English question".

"There is one pressing issue that does now demand our attention as a result of the referendum and the promises made to Scotland during it – the governance of England, Wales and Northern Ireland," he said.

"The principle of English Votes for English Laws, which I have long advocated, does need to become a reality as soon as practicable.

"The Scottish question has been answered for a generation - now it is time to answer the English question."

Labour politicians have been infuriated with the way David Cameron used a victory speech after Scotland rejected independence to pledge swift action on English votes.

Depending on the maths, it could leave Labour unable to command a majority on issues like the Budget despite winning the 2015 General Election.

Labour leader Ed Miliband refused 13 times to answer whether he would back Mr Cameron's proposals, suggesting the idea could "drive our country apart" last week.

Cllr Squires has also been challenged on it by Tory Councillor Marc Bayliss, the deputy leader of Worcester City Council.

He said: "Joy Squires wants to be an MP for Worcester, I want to know where she stands - residents deserve to know."

Cllr Squires said: "England is a country of over 50 million people currently governed from Westminster by an elite that bears little resemblance to and has little understanding of the lives ordinary people lead.

"We need to devolve power away from Westminster to our local councils and regions, not just tinker with the way voting happens at Westminster.

"Labour has already pledged to devolve £30 billion of central government spending to the local level so that decisions about how it is spent are linked to what is needed locally.

"I want to go even further with the devolution of power to local level, and I am backing Ed Miliband's call for a constitutional convention to see how that can be achieved.

"By reducing this important and serious debate to a simple call for English MPs to vote on English matters, the Tories are doing nothing more than trying to perpetuate a broken system that works in the interests of Westminster rather than the people of this country."

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