**TL;DR It is not fair that Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have their own parliaments but England does not. England should be able to govern its own laws without interference from the other nations of the UK.** The creation of English Parliament would establish a space for English only issues to be decided by a parliament elected to represent England only. It doesn’t make sense for Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland politicians to have a say on laws that effect England when the English MPs don’t have the same rights in reverse. The UK's central political institution, Westminster, has become synonymous with the “English voice”. Westminster would be able to be more fair in its representation of all countries of the UK if a separate English parliament was also introduced. England, much like Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, has its own issues which should be addressed in its own parliament. The UK Parliament website summarises this issue: ‘MPs representing seats in England do not normally legislate on subjects devolved to the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales or the Northern Ireland Assembly. However, MPs representing seats in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can [debate and vote on legislation affecting England] (https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/key-issues-parliament-2015/decentralisation/the-english-question/). These issues would be resolved if England had its own separate parliament which would discuss affairs related to England only. The 53 million people of England should be able to have what the 5 million in Scotland, 3 million in Wales, and 2 million in Northern Ireland already have – a parliament, a first minister, and government of their own. Until a separate English parliament is established, [84%](https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/03/09/the-case-for-an-english-parliament/) of the UK population lacks the right to govern itself.

**TL;DR The population differences between the four states of the UK are so vast, with England by far the largest, that economic choices made by England need the influence of all UK members - as choices made by England could vastly affect the entire UK and the value of the pound.** In the UK there are [650 parliamentary constituencies each of which is represented by 1 MP in the House of commons. There are 533 constituencies representing England (82% of the total constituencies) , there are 59 (9.07%) is Scotland, 40 in Wales (6.15%) and 18 (2.77%) in Northern Ireland](https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/elections-and-voting/constituencies/). Currently England has the greatest power in the Westminster parliament compared to the other nations. Therefore if a law was to be passed regarding England, the English politicians have the greatest sway in the outcome even without their own parliament. Another issue in a solitary English parliament may lie in the population differences between England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. England has a much larger population than the other 3 places; it may be that a danger lies in creating an English parliament devoid of representation from the other colonised areas, that choices made within England could be harmful for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. For example, certain economic choices could be made in England that may benefit the English population, but might be detrimental to business in Scotland. Because the population of England is much larger choices affecting the British pound, that would affect all members of the UK, could be exacerbated by such a large population. Therefore it could be argued that the representation of the other members for such a choice is important, because it will affect each of the four nations.

**TL;DR - The reason why there are separate parliaments for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is so they have a certain level of independence and autonomy from the UK parliament that has an overwhelmingly English majority.** Using the example of Scotland, England outnumbers Scotland around 10 to 1 which means that democracy in Scotland and around Scottish views is not necessarily represented. [For example,](https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2019/results/northern_ireland) Scotland voted overwhelmingly against the Conservative party, as did Wales and Northern Ireland: Conservative seats in Northern Ireland: 0/18 Conservative seats in Scotland: 1/59 Conservative seats in Wales: 11/40 Conservative seats in England: 319/533 Therefore, through the sheer amount of numbers and representation of these different countries in parliament, England sets the tone for UK governance. Therefore, England does not need its own parliamentary body as it already has an overwhelming majority within UK governance. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland do not have this representation or power and therefore need their own parliamentary bodies to represent the views of their own country that can't be represented through the UK government. For example, the UK has a Conservative government and voted to leave the EU, Scotland voted for neither of those things.