With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:
Amendment 8, page 1, leave out line 8 and insert “CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR WALES”.
This amendment amends the title of the new Part 2A inserted by Clause 1 in consequence of the proposal in amendment 7 to require the review of the functioning of the justice system in Wales.
Amendment 18, page 1, line 10, leave out
“and the Welsh Government are”
and replace with “is”.
The amendment gives effect to separate provisions relating to the National Assembly for Wales, as the Legislature, and the Welsh Government, as the Executive.
Amendment 19, page 1, line 14, leave out “and the Welsh Government.”
The amendment gives effect to separate provisions relating to the National Assembly for Wales, as the Legislature, and the Welsh Government, as the Executive.
Amendment 20, page 1, line 16, leave out
“and the Welsh Government are”
and replace with “is”.
The amendment gives effect to separate provisions relating to the National Assembly for Wales, as the Legislature, and the Welsh Government, as the Executive.
Amendment 21, page 1, line 18, at end insert—
“( ) In section 45 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (the Welsh Government), for the words in subsection (1) before paragraph (a) substitute—
(1) There is to be a Welsh Government or Llywodraeth Cymru.
(1A) The Welsh Government is a permanent part of the United Kingdom’s constitutional arrangements.
(1B) The purpose of subsection (1A) is, with due regard to the other provisions of this Act, to signify the commitment of the Parliament and Government of the United Kingdom to the Welsh Government.
(1C) In view of that commitment it is declared that the Welsh Government is not to be abolished except on the basis of a decision of the people of Wales voting in a referendum.
(1D) The members of the Welsh Government are—”.”
The amendment gives effect to separate provisions relating to the National Assembly for Wales, as the Legislature, and the Welsh Government, as the Executive. The amendment changes the place in the Government of Wales Act 2006 in which the text relating to the permanence of the Welsh Government would appear.
Amendment 22, page 1, line 18, at end insert—
“( ) In the Government of Wales Act 2006, after Part 2 (the Welsh Government) insert—”.
The amendment is required as a consequence of changing the location of the provision relating to the permanence of the Assembly.
Amendment 5, page 2, leave out lines 1 to 6 and insert—