Gosport MP Caroline Dinenage has this morning welcomed the news that the Scottish people have voted against independence and is calling for a review of the existing devolution framework.
Yesterday's landmark referendum rightly gave the people of Scotland the opportunity to decide on their own future, however, learning that the country will remain part of the United Kingdom comes as welcome news to many.
In response to the referendum, Caroline is backing the calls to give English people more power by revising the devolution framework that was put in place by the last Labour Government.
"I am pleased that the Scottish people have voted to remain part of the United Kingdom. The UK is stronger with Scotland, and Scotland is stronger as part of the UK.
However, following this referendum, Scotland will have new powers; so should England. It is absolutely right that English MPs should be the only elected representatives with the right to vote on issues that only affect English people.
The majority of the letters that I have received on the issue of the Scottish Referendum were asking if, in the case of a yes vote, shipbuilding would return to Portsmouth. That's symptomatic, not of an area that doesn't fully appreciate the historic ties that mean we are better together, but more a reflection that English people feel it's time we were allowed to put our own interests first."
Caroline will continue to support the campaign for a review of the devolution framework.
