Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Don nuna ra'ayinsa, Dalyell ya zaɓi misali na memba na Majalisar Wakilai don West Lothian wanda zai iya jefa kuri'a kan al'amuran da suka shafi garin Ingila na Blackburn (a Lancashire), amma ba a kan al'amuran da suka shafi Blackburn a cikin mazabarsa ba. Sunan "West Lothian tambaya" daga baya ya kirkiro da Ulster Unionist MP Enoch Powell a cikin martani ga jawabin Dalyell, lokacin da ya ce "A ƙarshe mun fahimci abin da Mista West Lothian yake nufi. Bari mu kira shi West Lothian tambaya. " Tambayar da aka fi ɗauka ita ce ta koma ga abin da ya faru a 1999, tare da 'yan Scotland, Welsh da Northern Ireland a Westminster sun yarda su jefa kuri'a a kan batutuwan Ingila, amma' yan majalisa na yankunan Ingila ba su da tasiri a kan al'amuran da aka ba Scotland, Wales ko Northern Ireland. Dalyell ya kasance mai adawa da adawa da Scottish a shekarar 1979
da kuma 1997 plebiscites. An kirkiro majalisar Scottish da aka ba da izini a 1999 bayan da mafi rinjaye suka zabe shi a zaben raba gardama na biyu.