I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way again to let me put the record straight. I hesitate to suggest that he is in any way misinforming the House, but that is not my recollection of the conversations we were involved in. My recollection is that we had misgivings about the immediate devolution of criminal justice, but the fact that I announced a fortnight ago at the Welsh Labour conference that we would devolve aspects of policing to Wales—neighbourhood policing and an all-Wales policing plan—gives the lie to what he has just said.
Welsh Affairs
Proceeding contribution from
Owen Smith
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 5 March 2015.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Welsh Affairs.
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