Government of Wales Bill

The hon. Gentleman wrote on 30 June 2005:"““The Government are in the process of giving extra powers to the Welsh Assembly at present. Given the dreadful lack of competence in the areas in which the Assembly has got powers this is something I will be opposing.””" There is an enormous difference between what he and his Welsh Conservative colleagues say and what their Front Benchers say. Does he regard a referendum as a potential way to fulfil his own goal of reducing the level of devolution, rather than increasing it or maintaining it at its current level?