Question to the Leader of the House:

To ask the Leader of the House, what steps he has taken to consult the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly on the proposed changes to Standing Orders governing English votes on English laws; and if he will make a statement.

The proposals have been published and will be put to the House of Commons for a decision after the summer recess. As the proposals relate to House of Commons procedure it is for the House to approve them. Although no direct consultation has taken place with the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly the proposals have been published, and ahead of the decision of the House on them it is open to all with an interest to consider them and to make any representations.