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Government of Wales Bill

My Lords, the Minister appears not to have sufficient confidence in the Assembly’s ability to work its way through such a timetable. However, I do. The people of Wales would see it as a logical progression, not as something that has just been plucked out of the air. This is, as my noble friend Lord Thomas of Gresford has said, something we can have confidence in. We will have seen three years of the enactment and working of Part 3 of this Bill. I regret that the Minister said the timetable was arbitrary. We believe that it is logical and that the people of Wales would have confidence in it. The Members of the Assembly would have the confidence to ensure that this procedure went ahead. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.