Under the current arrangements, any planning application for a power station in Wales over 50 MW is dealt with by a Minister here. It has been a long-standing ambition of the Welsh Assembly Government for that power to be taken up in Wales. Tripartite talks between the Wales Office, the Welsh Assembly and the Department of Trade and Industry as was were moving in that direction. Have those talks informed the Bill and is there any likelihood of those powers being devolved to the Assembly?
Planning Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Roger Williams
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 10 December 2007.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Planning Bill.
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