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Government of Wales Bill

moved Amendment No. 5:"Page 2, line 2, at end insert ““(as specified in the Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006)””" The noble Lord said: Amendments Nos. 5, 6, 30 and 47 are four minor and technical government amendments. Amendment No. 5 makes it clear that Assembly constituencies are parliamentary constituencies in Wales as specified in the Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006, which will have effect in relation to Assembly elections in 2007 and afterwards. Amendment No. 6 replaces reference to the European Parliamentary Constituencies (Wales) Order 1994 with reference to the Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006. This makes it clear that the five Assembly electoral regions are those specified in the Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006 and not those specified in the 1994 order. The 2006 order will have effect in relation to the 2007 Assembly elections and subsequent elections. Amendment No. 30 ensures that paragraph 4(7) of Schedule 2 to the Bill properly mirrors Section 39 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 by inserting a power for the Secretary of State to make ““appropriate modifications”” when making an order applying the Local Government (Contracts) Act 1997 to contracts entered into by the National Assembly for Wales Commission. The Secretary of State, under Section 39 of the 1998 Act, currently has such a power in relation to the National Assembly for Wales. Finally, Amendment No. 47 ensures that Clause 68 properly mirrors Section 39 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 by inserting a power for the Secretary of State to make ““appropriate modifications”” when making an order applying the Local Government (Contracts) Act 1997 to contracts entered into by the Welsh Ministers. I beg to move.