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Government of Wales Bill

I have carefully considered the arguments advanced by the hon. Member for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (David Mundell) and by the Welsh Affairs Committee in its report on the Bill. However, the Government do not agree that using the title ““Welsh Assembly Government”” will perpetuate confusion over the different roles of the Executive and the Legislature. Rather, changing the title at this stage is likely to cause even more confusion than keeping the names with which people are already familiar. As the hon. Member for Carmarthen, East and Dinefwr (Adam Price) said, the name has been in place for five or six years. People understand what the Welsh Assembly Government is, and a change to another name would cause confusion.