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| Tam Dalyell dead: Former Labour MP who posed ‘West Lothian question’ dies, aged 84, after short illness | Tam Dalyell dead: Former Labour MP who posed ‘West Lothian question’ dies, aged 84, after short illness |
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| Former Labour MP Tam Dalyell has died aged 84 after a short illness, a family spokesman has said. | |
| Mr Dalyell, who spent 43 years as an MP, was known for his persistent questioning of Margaret Thatcher over the sinking of the General Belgrano during the Falklands War. | |
| He also famously raised the issue of English votes for English laws in 1977 after Jim Callaghan’s government proposed a Scottish assembly in Edinburgh. | |
| The MP for West Lothian was opposed to devolution and argued against giving Scottish MPs votes on English-only matters. | |
| A family statement said: “Tam Dalyell devoted his life to public service in Scotland, in the UK, and beyond. | |
| "He made an enormous contribution in many spheres. He will be much missed both publicly, and more importantly personally, by his family and many friends." | |
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