AQA GCSE Citizenship Studies · 8100
Paper 1
Revise: Organization of PowersEnglish votes for English laws, usually shortened to EVEL, was introduced in the House of Commons on 23 October 2015 as a response. The Speaker certified legislation that applied only to England, or England and Wales, and concerned matters devolved elsewhere. MPs representing the relevant constituencies then had to consent to those provisions and could veto them.