Wales Bill

My Lords, I look forward to the Minister’s response to this because he is not on a good wicket at...

My Lords, in supporting my noble friend Lady Morgan’s excellent speech, I make one brief point. T...

My Lords, I have a great deal of sympathy with the amendment and the wise words of the noble Baro...

My Lords, I am very grateful for the build-up from the Benches opposite. I thank noble Lords who ...

I am very disappointed with the Minister’s response. I do not understand why we cannot have the s...

Moved by

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

61: Clause 51, page 42, line 40, leave out “Wales...

Moved by

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

62: Clause 56, page 47, line 1, leave out “Wales ...

Moved by

Lord Judge

63: Clause 60, page 49, line 5, at beginning insert “Subject to s...

My Lords, I shall not speak to Amendments 63 or 64, but I shall speak to Amendment 65. As the nob...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, in his excellent openi...

My Lords, Clause 60 is an example of the encroachment of the Executive on the privileges of Parli...

My Lords, I support the amendments, which are similar to those that I had the pleasure of moving ...

My Lords, I wholeheartedly agree with the submissions made by everyone who has spoken on this mat...

My Lords, I support the amendments. The noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, referred to Henry V a...

My Lords, we have heard how Clause 60 allows for consequential provisions on Assembly Acts to be ...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who participated in the debate on the amendments in this group rela...

But the Minister was not capable of telling us that, in fact, the Assembly had actually exercised...

I am grateful to the noble Lord—indeed, I did go further in the letter, that is true. There would...

Before the Minister sits down, I thank him for the suggestion that there will effectively be some...

My Lords, I am too old a hand at devolution to suggest what would be appropriate for the Assembly...

What tools are available for the Assembly to use in order to act appropriately? What tools does i...

Again, the noble Baroness is a Member of the National Assembly; I am not. I would expect her to h...

Could they possibly be subject to legislative consent Motions, for example?

My Lords, I appreciate the point that the noble Lord is making, and indeed the point that the nob...

Before the Minister sits down, can he address one point that I raised with him? If the matters un...

My Lords, again, I do not want to second-guess what will happen in the discussion subsequent to t...

My Lords, I thank the Minister. I think that the proposals that he has put forward are politicall...