Proceeding contribution from Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 6 June 2006. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Government of Wales Bill.
Government of Wales Bill
Perhaps I may ask the Minister what is probably an unbelievably na&-uml;ve question. I am not sure that I understand what harm there is in the amendment, but I see an awful lot of harm in not having specificity that defines the competencies within such an order, because I do not see how an order that does not clearly spell out its various sections and principles could possibly be debated in an hour and a half. The only option, then, would seem to be for that Order in Council to be rejected and to go back to the drawing board, which would create a huge circuitous argument. If there was a requirement to be specific, pre-legislative scrutiny could be more focused and more efficient. I cannot see a requirement in the Bill for that degree of specificity to be provided and for it to be feasible to have a one-and-a-half-hour debate on one of these orders.
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- 682 c1162
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- 2005-06
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- Devolved matters Conservation Devolution Delegated legislation Finance Legislative competence Functions Grants Legislation First ministers National Assembly for Wales Referendums Parliamentary scrutiny Politics and government Loans Ministers Publishing Water supply Wales Welsh Government Welsh Water National Assembly for Wales Commission Welsh Consolidated Fund
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- Government of Wales Bill 2005-06
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