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Government of Wales Bill

Proceeding contribution from Dominic Grieve (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 9 January 2006. It occurred during Debate on bills on Government of Wales Bill.
I want to understand a little more about the pre-legislative scrutiny. If I understand the Secretary of State’s position, the scrutiny will be on not the details of the legislation, but the principles of the area that will be delegated for the Assembly to legislate on. Does that not require a considerable abdication of the responsibility of Members of this House without the people of Wales endorsing that and saying that they would prefer the Assembly to do something, rather than hon. Members? How can the Secretary of State justify such a major constitutional shift without going to the people of Wales and asking them to endorse it by referendum?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
441 c37 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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