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Government of Wales Bill

I will shall it with great enthusiasm. There is the Conservative party seeking to speak with a modern, consensual voice in the language and rhetoric of its new leader, but actually returning to the old anti-devolution, anti-Wales, anti-Welsh Assembly politics. Let me respond to the hon. Gentleman’s point by quoting the leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Nick Bourne. He said:"““I think we have at the moment an insecure settlement which cannot persist.""We either need to move forward to legislative powers or abolish the assembly and I think that’s not an option. We’ve got to see how we can move things forward and that’s got to mean legislative powers.””" He was accepting the need for new powers, whereas it appears that Conservative Front Benchers do not want to do that.