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Government of Wales Bill

My understanding is that the situation is not so fundamentally different from what it was in the old days, if I may say so. When the noble Lord was Secretary of State for Wales, he exercised many powers of delegated legislation. Slots were left in Acts of Parliament, and he was responsible for filling them at his discretion. He did not lose sleep over that, and it was not necessary to come back to this House or to the House of Commons for sanction. Once that authority had been transferred to him, he had complete jurisdiction within the boundaries of that transfer. I see no fundamental difference, unless the powers added are in a wide field. If, however, the fields are limited, there will be an infinite possibility as to any particular measures within those limited boundaries; not so very different from the situation that previously obtained.