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Wales Bill

Proceeding contribution from Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 24 January 2017. It occurred during Debate on bills on Wales Bill.

I welcome those comments about periodic reviews as opposed to using 10-year-old statistics. I also have some concerns about the framework’s dispute resolution mechanism, but there may not be the time to discuss them here. We may be able to resolve that problem in future discussions.

I want to finish by emphasising the fact that both Governments lack ambition. In the Lords, Plaid Cymru called for a £2 billion capital expenditure limit, which was supported by Labour. However, under pressure from the devo-sceptic Tory party, we can see in amendment 9 that we are left with a capital expenditure limit of exactly half that. Although I am pleased that a fiscal framework is finally in place, I cannot avoid the observation that Wales is once again being short-changed through a lack of vision and ambition.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
620 c212 
Session
2016-17
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Legislation
Wales Bill 2016-17
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