The Minister seems to be saying that the Welsh Government should have the right to displace coincidental elections, but that they do not have to. He seems to be saying that under the rules a general election, an Assembly election and even a European election could occur on the same day. At the same time, he is saying that it would be delayed by only a month. In the last such episode, we saw political parties in Wales campaigning up to the Assembly elections and not really mentioning Europe, but then we had only six weeks to persuade Wales that it was better off in. That was not enough. Is a month long enough?
Wales Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Geraint Davies
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 5 July 2016.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Wales Bill.
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