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On the [[West Lothian question]], he has criticised the ability of Scottish MPs to vote on English matters, "We need to make devolution work... one part of devolution that doesn't work is that Scottish MPs can vote on matters that don't affect their own constituents",<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6053156.stm ''Cameron makes pledge on Scotland''], BBC News Online, [[15 October]] [[2006]], accessed [[20 December]] [[2006]]</ref> and has asked the party's Commission on Democracy, led by Kenneth Clarke, to look at possible solutions.<ref name="Scotland"/>
Cameron has announced that he would scrap the [[Human Rights Act 1998]] which came into force in 2000. Instead, it would be replaced with a Bill of Rights, based on "British needs and traditions". However, he has said that the country would remain within the European Court of Human Rights, on which the Human Rights Act is based.<ref> This however is unlikely as the Human Rights Act ratified the European Convention on Human Rights. {{fact}}[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5116470.stm ''Q&A: Bill of Rights''], BBC News Online, [[26 June]] [[2006]], accessed [[6 November]] [[2006]]</ref>
He has also called for investigations into ministerial misconduct to be a "genuinely independent mechanism" after cabinet minister [[Tessa Jowell]] was part of a fraud scandal. Additionally, in order to "clean up", he says ministers should not be allowed to set their expenses or salaries.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5390884.stm ''Cameron political 'clean-up' call''], BBC News Online, [[29 September]] [[2006]], accessed [[6 November]] [[2006]]</ref> Cameron has also called for a reduction in the number of [[Member of Parliament|Members of Parliaments]] in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]].<ref>David Charter, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2094525,00.html ''Restrict political gifts to £100,000, say Tories''], [[20 March]] [[2006]], accessed [[20 December]] [[2006]]</ref><ref>Video recording, [http://www.webcameron.org.uk/blogs/show.aspx?id=376 ''Clean politics''] (transcript [http://www.webcameron.org.uk/blogs/972]), Webcameron.org.uk, [[30 September]] [[2006]], accessed [[20 December]] [[2006]]</ref>
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