Gordon Brown is facing mounting pressure as a number of his Scottish MPs have added their voices to calls for a solution to the West Lothian Question in order to tackle growing anti-Scottish sentiments south of the border.

Mr Brown has thus far been unwilling to engage in the arguments over the devolution settlement which allows Scottish MPs to vote on entirely English legislation or the Barnett formula which gives Scotland proportionally more funding per head than the rest of the UK.

However, some Scottish Labour MPs are concerned about what they see to be growing resentment in England over these issues and believe it is now time for Mr Brown to enter the fray.

They are also deeply concerned by recent Conservative proposals for an English Grand Committee in the House of Commons.

In interviews with The Scotsman newspaper this month Scottish Labour MPs voiced their concerns over conservative proposals which would mean that only English MPs would be able to vote on certain areas of legislation in Westminster.

David Hamilton, Labour MP for Midlothian commented: “There is no way you can dilute the voting rights of any MPs.”

These views were echoed by his colleague Ian Davidson, Labour MP for Glasgow South West, who stated that: “the 'English votes for English Issues' proposal is a recipe for some degree of chaos.”

Michael Connarty, Labour MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk said: “We need to sit down and talk right through this to come up with a solution which will stand the test of time.”

There was considerable support amongst Scottish Labour MPs for a return to the Labour policy of regional devolution for England.

Mr Davidson told The Scotsman: “We should be looking for some way of devolving power to the English regions. The first time we had a referendum for the Scottish Parliament, we didn't get it - so just because the referendum in the north-east [of England] went against the plan, it doesn't mean it should be rejected completely.”

Some Scottish Labour MPs were a little more cautious. Anne Begg, MP for Aberdeen South, pointed to the success of Spanish asymmetrical devolution. However the common theme amongst all Scottish labour MPs seemed to be a worry over what they felt was increasing resentment from their English neighbours.

Michael Connarty MP blamed the conservatives for "winding up English nationalism."

Harriet Harman, deputy Labour Party Leader, agreed when she told the BBC: “I think this is a very, very dangerous line of argument that the Conservatives are pushing,” a stance that she believed “threatened the union.”

It is also rumoured that Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, and Peter Hain, the Welsh Secretary, have been pushing Mr Brown privately to address the uneven power distribution which devolution has left behind.

David Cameron’s Democracy Commission is looking into the issue of devolution.

One of the options the commission will be considering is Tory MP Sir Malcolm Rifkind’s proposals for an English Grand Committee which would mean that only English MPs would vote on Westminster legislation concerning areas such as education and health.

Sir Malcolm Rifkind asked BBC Five Live: “When the House of Commons is purely discussing English housing or English health or English transport then why should that not just be left to the English Members of Parliament to decide upon?”

Anti-Scottish feeling has stemmed not only from the issue of Scottish MPs voting rights but from the perception that those north of the border are getting a better deal. This is largely down to the Barnett formula which means that Scotland receives more in public spending per head than any regions in England.

The Grand Committee for England in the Westminster parliament would most likely give the Tories a majority over English domestic policy, something which Labour will be keen to prevent.

The Lib Dems have traditionally advocated a federal legislature at Westminster with power devolved equally to constituent parts of Britain.

Chris Huhne spoke out recently against "the anomaly that Scots MPs vote on matters that affect England, but English MPs do not have similar influence over Scots law because it has been devolved."

Mr Huhne, however, said that he saw English votes for English laws as being only one part of what he envisaged as a new constitution which would also incorporate a new voting system and a decentralised state. Mr Huhne criticised the Conservatives for, what he saw, as piecemeal reform accusing the Tories of "self serving" motivations.

Despite the growing momentum of the Conservative campaign over the West Lothian Question and Scottish funding, Mr Brown is yet to respond with a clear strategy.