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Welsh Governance

Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 15 June 2005, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Hain.
Statement on the publication of the white paper "Better Governance for Wales" (Cm 6584).
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
435 c263-76 
Session
2005-06
Department
Wales Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
Better governance for Wales.
Wednesday, 15 June 2005
Command papers
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Bill Wiggin | 435 c265-6 (Link to this contribution) May I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of the statement, although I regret that I did ...
Lord Hain | 435 c263-5 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement on the publication today of the Whit...

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Lord Murphy of Torfaen | 435 c267 (Link to this contribution) During the general election the people of Wales, I believe, indicated to us that they were more conc...
Lord Hain | 435 c267 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman described the list proposals to prevent candidates from standing in both the list...
Speaker | 435 c267 (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Member for Leominster (Bill Wiggin) must not put questions at the Dispatch Box and t...
Lord Hain | 435 c266-7 (Link to this contribution) That was a spiffing performance, if I may say so. The hon. Gentleman asks about a referendum, but he...
Speaker | 435 c270 (Link to this contribution) Order. I always dislike interrupting the hon. Lady, but she is telling us what she likes rather than...
Julie Morgan | 435 c270 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the White Paper and believe that anyone in favour of further powers for the Welsh Assembly...
Elfyn Llwyd | 435 c270-1 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for his courtesy in sending me an early copy of the White Paper. It s...
Lord Hain | 435 c270 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for her support. I shall deal specifically with the important point that she ...
Lord Hain | 435 c271 (Link to this contribution) That is very unlikely, given the Labour party’s massive popularity in Wales and in Britain as a whol...
Lord Hain | 435 c271 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman says that that is the problem, but he wants to take Wales out of the UK. That is ...
Lord Hain | 435 c267 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for my right hon. Friend’s support for the White Paper. He played a distinguished role...
Lembit Opik | 435 c268-9 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for giving me early sight of the White Paper. I am pleased that, foll...
Lord Hain | 435 c269-70 (Link to this contribution) I can encourage the hon. Gentleman in this at least—that my Back-Bench colleagues are absolutely del...
David Jones | 435 c272-3 (Link to this contribution) I spent long enough in the Welsh Assembly to feel entitled to express an opinion on this matter. The...
Chris Bryant | 435 c273 (Link to this contribution) I broadly welcome the plans announced today, although I am nervous about one element, which exposes ...
Lord Hain | 435 c273 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman shakes his head. I am surprised that he and the Liberal Democrats appear to deny ...
Lord Hain | 435 c273 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the hon. Gentleman to the House and hope that he can represent his constituents at least h...
Lord Hain | 435 c274 (Link to this contribution) Of course I will, as will my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary. I share with the hon. Gentleman the fa...
Alan Williams | 435 c274 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the step back from primary legislation. Does my right hon. Friend agree that, had we gone ...
Lord Hain | 435 c273-4 (Link to this contribution) I can reassure my hon. Friend that there will be a period for pre-scrutiny before the Order in Counc...
Lord Hain | 435 c274 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my right hon. Friend, who makes his point well. I am grateful for his support for the W...
Lord Hain | 435 c272 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland enthusiastically supports this White Paper,...
Jim Hood | 435 c272 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, particularly his proposals on the regional list system. ...
Roger Williams | 435 c272 (Link to this contribution) When will we have a Secretary of State for Wales with enough backbone to stand up for Wales and its ...
Lembit Opik | 435 c272 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman used to be one.
Lord Hain | 435 c272 (Link to this contribution) I rejected all that woolliness, and that is why I came to the Labour party, where all true radicals ...
Lord Hain | 435 c272 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is nodding, which means that another Liberal Democrat Member opposes the principl...
Wayne David | 435 c272 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend will agree that an electoral system that allows a candidate to lose yet neverth...
Lord Hain | 435 c272 (Link to this contribution) I strongly agree with my hon. Friend, who always speaks common sense.
Lord Hain | 435 c275 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my hon. Friend’s support for the White Paper. I know that it is a source of great frustrat...
Ian Lucas | 435 c275 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the measured approach taken by the Government in the proposals and I am convinced that my ...
Lord Hain | 435 c275-6 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the hon. Lady to the House. The White Paper is published today and the closing date for co...
Jenny Willott | 435 c275 (Link to this contribution) How does the Secretary of State plan to consult as broadly as possible across Wales on the proposals...
David TC Davies | 435 c274 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State agree that the changes that he proposes to the electoral system—a system...
Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 435 c276 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State confirm his answer to the hon. Member for Lanark and Hamilton, East (Mr....
Lord Hain | 435 c276 (Link to this contribution) I do not accept that. I can confirm that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland is...
Angus Robertson | 435 c276 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State accept the similarity between Scotland and Wales in that both have candi...
Lord Hain | 435 c276 (Link to this contribution) We know what the hon. Gentleman’s plans for Scotland are—he would give independence to Scotland. Is ...
Paul Keetch | 435 c274 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State put on record today his understanding that communities on the English si...
Lord Hain | 435 c272 (Link to this contribution) It is quite fun to have a woolly Liberal asking me woolly questions—
Lord Hain | 435 c274-5 (Link to this contribution) I was going to welcome the hon. Gentleman to the Commons, but after that little rant I am not sure t...
Subjects
Candidates
Devolution
Elections
Eligibility
Legislative competence
Powers
Members
Referendums
Wales
Regional list systems
Additional member systems
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