Government of Wales Bill

moved Amendment No. 21:"Page 21, line 12, at end insert—" ““(   )   This section ceases to have effect on the day on which the Assembly Act provisions come into force.”” The noble Lord said: My Lords, we discussed this amendment with the group Cymru Yfory—Tomorrow’s Wales—which is concerned that the section,"““ceases to have effect on the day on which the Assembly Act provisions come into force””." The amendment foresees the granting of full legislative powers to the Assembly and would in that situation remove the right of the Secretary of State to sit in the National Assembly plenum and its committees when the Assembly gets full legislative powers. While continued attendance by the Secretary of State remains a necessary feature of the transitional phases of devolution, and we can all see the need for that, any need for this disappears when the Assembly acquires legislative powers of its own. There is of course no right for the Secretary of State or any outsider to sit in the Scottish Parliament. I would be happy to hear the Minister’s comments on the ideas that have come from Tomorrow’s Wales.