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Government of Wales Bill

I thank the Minister for that reply. Perhaps I may probe a little further on payments made under Clause 117(2). This is where a Minister makes a payment because he chooses to do so wholly in connection with his own functions for the UK. I think the Minister has said that no conditions can be attached and that it is to be spent in accordance with a budget resolution made under Clause 123. Therefore when the C&AG comes along, there would not be any conditions against which he could audit. So part of the Minister’s argument in relation to those payments seems to fall down. It is important to ensure that UK Ministers can impose conditions on Clause 117(2) payments and that those conditions should have to flow right the way through the system. There has to be a form of legal requirement flowing into the budget resolution that does not exist independently, thereby producing something the C&AG can look at. Can the Minister clarify that point for me?