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Government of Wales Bill

I want to make the briefest possible intervention to raise a simple point. I would be grateful if the Minister could respond to it, so that he might shorten proceedings at a later stage. Amendment No. 49 raises whether the Assembly is in a position to give approval to the papers laid before it. The same point applies or could have applied to Clause 73, which we have just passed. It applies to Clauses 75 and 76, although there is a Liberal Democrat amendment on that which raises the parallel point. It also applies to Clause 77. It would be useful if the Minister could comment on this approval question, as it attaches to all the clauses; then we need not raise the issue again clause by clause.