EVEL
English
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Noun
EVEL (uncountable)
- Initialism of English votes for English laws: a proposal that Scottish members of the United Kingdom House of Commons should be prevented from voting on areas devolved to the Scottish parliament.
- 2015, Tom Peterkin, βNicola Sturgeon voices concern over Evel plansβ, in The Scotsmanβ[1], archived from the original on 24 March 2016:
- Of the Evel plans, Sturgeon wrote: βThe proposals would apply to Bills, secondary legislation and certain motions and measures (including decisions on the tuition fees cap for higher education institutions in England).