Government of Wales Bill

So there we have it: the first words spoken from the Dispatch Box by the hon. Lady, with her customary eloquence and courtesy. What did she say? She tried to construct a fantasy argument about Orders in Council versus Bills in the House, both of which are subject to the sovereign will of the House. If Parliament does not want to pass the Orders in Council, it does not have to. As my hon. Friend the Member for Wrexham (Ian Lucas) made clear, they will—I hope—be subject to a process of prior scrutiny very similar to that which has been applied so successfully to Welsh legislation in recent years.