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Government of Wales Bill

I am surprised that Plaid Cymru Members are choosing to support the amendment, because I would have thought that, for different reasons, we would all have an interest in opposing it. I oppose the amendment because, as the hon. Member for Ynys Môn (Albert Owen) has pointed out, the word ““Senedd”” translates, as probably everyone here knows, as ““parliament””. To suggest that the Welsh Assembly should be called the Welsh equivalent of ““parliament”” would add a lot of confusion. I would not have thought that that would be in the interests of Plaid Cymru, as it would suggest that a parliament exists, but at the moment we have only the Welsh Assembly. It would almost be a breach of the Trade Descriptions Act to describe the Welsh Assembly as a parliament. I and many of my colleagues would like it to remain a Welsh Assembly. Therefore, we do not support the idea of calling it a parliament, as that would add to the inevitability of it becoming one.