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Government of Wales Bill

I am delighted to hear it. I do not think it is an answer to my point, to say ““Well, if they want it, we’ll accept it””. What we want to know from the Front Bench of the Conservative Party is whether they will campaign for it. If all the political parties in Wales campaign for Part 4 now—because we all see the logic of it—then we can get rid of Part 3 straight away. Let us think for moment about what the problem is. Why do the Welsh Assembly Government seek to extend their powers? Because every year since they were formed, they put in a bid for five or six Bills which they obviously think necessary to carry out their policy. That is so whether it is a coalition with the Liberal Democrats, or Labour in government on their own. Each year, they have been allowed one or two Bills to go through both Houses of Parliament. That is the problem. Part 3 is, or should be, a short-term solution to that problem, by making it unnecessary for the Welsh Government to come to Westminster and bid for parliamentary time for a full Bill. We have, in fact, put forward some excellent legislation: the Children’s Commissioner, the Commissioner for Older People, the Transport Bill and so on. They have been effective measures.