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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

While the Minister is on his feet, will he clarify something for me? If I understood correctly, he said that the Queen’s Printer is currently responsible for having published legislation up to 2005. Therefore, if that legislation has not been published, there has already been a breach of contractual obligations. Although the Minister is referring to information on legislative competence being published and made available, it is the minutiae of the regulations that are causing problems for people in the Welsh workplace; it is the fine detail, rather than the legislative competence, that they cannot access. I am not sure where protection of the citizens in Wales is going to come from if this is left as a matter for the Welsh Assembly Government after May 2007, and if they decide that they are not going to continue with that arrangement for printing. Will the Minister clarify how the citizens of Wales will be protected and able to access the minutiae of legislation in the future? We have an obligation to ensure that all citizens across the whole of Britain can access legislation that may be pertinent to them.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
682 c1222 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
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
Legislation
Government of Wales Bill 2005-06
Link
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