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Government of Wales Bill

: Perhaps even the Secretary of State would privately accept that the sight of a majority—[Interruption.] I have not finished yet. This is not exactly the Government’s finest hour, as they are pushing through proposals opposed by every other political party at a time of falling participation in politics. There are accusations of abuse and fraud and of gerrymandering. That undermines public trust in politics. What happened to the new, inclusive politics, which was meant to be part of the change in the political culture that the right hon. Gentleman and I were working to create? For the avoidance of doubt, as accusations of misuse of funds and so on have been made by hon. Members, the hon. Member for Caerphilly (Mr. David) should confirm that he did not use his parliamentary allowance for the research, which I have read. It has to be said that it was based on a sample of 47, which is minuscule, and two sets of three people were involved. I am not sure what the quorum is for a Labour party focus group these days, but surely three at a coffee morning in Llanelli does not constitute consulting the people of Wales.