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Government of Wales Bill

If I may say so, with great respect to the noble Lord, it is a bit rich of him to accuse the Opposition of having matters back to front. As I said previously in Committee, it is the Government who have matters back to front. Had they organised themselves both intellectually and politically in a better manner, they would have started off with the provisions concerning the transfer of vires and finished with the provisions on Assembly measures. In fact, they have done exactly the opposite. Moreover, the Government have added confusion to all this by introducing Clause 94(3), which belongs to the second-stage Order in Council process and not the first. That is precisely why I tabled Amendment No. 64A, which refers expressly to an Assembly measure. It is clear from Clause 94(3) that the clause is intended to change the law. Therefore it was necessary for me to draft an amendment to encompass Assembly measures in Clause 94. I agree that it is completely illogical, but the illogicality is necessary because of the Government’s own illogicality, not that of the Opposition.