Government of Wales Bill

My Lords, I appreciate that it is late, but I rise to support the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Roberts of Llandudno, because the principle underlying it is absolutely essential—so much so that there is a case for putting it into the Bill. It is essential that all the people in Wales have access to the text of the legislation that affects them. That is a fundamental principle. The amazing thing is that the current situation has been allowed to pertain. I listened to the debate in Committee, and I think that the amendment—particularly its proposed subsection (5), which attempts to get at that missing legislation and would give leeway for getting it on the record—has gone a long way towards addressing the points that were made. That is essential. The amendment raises such a fundamental point that there is a case for putting it into the Bill.