Business of the House

Harold Wilson was right to say that a week is a long time in politics. There are more important matters than MPs' pay, and the resignation of Ministers and the conduct of Government are among them. Does the right hon. and learned Lady agree that today's breaking news gives the Government an ideal opportunity to look again at the workings of government, and to decide that the responsibilities for Wales and for work and pensions—and indeed for Scotland and defence—should be split? Does not today's resignation news give the Government an ideal opportunity to carry out a mini-reshuffle?