ABSTRACT
The problematic issue of continued Scottish representation at Westminster after devolution, particularly in relation to matters exclusively English (the ‘West Lothian question’),27 was addressed by initially continuing the same level of Scottish representation as before. However, section 86 of the Scotland Act 1998 amends Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 by omitting rule 1(2) requiring Scotland to have not less than 71 constituencies, and providing for Scottish representation in the future to be based on the same electoral quota as for England, the effect of which is to reduce the number of constituencies to 59.
