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The report also emphasised the need to balance devolution within England with effective management of the relationship between the central Government and the three devolved Administrations through the Council of the Nations and Regions. The West Lothian question has not yet been resolved. Tensions between the UK Parliament—which is also the English Parliament—and the devolved Administrations can be contained when Westminster, Cardiff and Edinburgh are governed by the same party. But, as we have seen, the current arrangements for UK devolution become contentious when different parties are in government. In our increasingly multi-party country, this will happen much more often in future. The amendment therefore aims to future-proof the Bill.