Government of Wales Bill

Pre-legislative scrutiny might have failed to tease out an issue relating to whether the Measure fits correctly within one of the fields. The Secretary of State would therefore query whether the proposal is workable and firmly grounded. In such a case, he would say, ““There is something wrong with this proposal—I cannot support it. The Assembly should consider the matter again.”” That is the type of case that we have in mind. Understandably, some have argued that the Secretary of State might block an Order in Council for purely political reasons—because he did not like the contents of the Measure—but we do not expect the process to work in that way. I hope that the hon. Gentleman is satisfied with that answer.