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Government of Wales Bill

I am sure that the hon. Gentleman will recognise the booklet that is in my hand—the Arbuthnot report. It reached the same conclusion and found that there was no evidence to suggest that this was an issue for the public. In fact, Arbuthnot went further and suggested that dual candidacy was anti-democratic. Perhaps the difference between Arbuthnot and the Richard commission was that Arbuthnot was a cross-party document and was consensual, whereas the Richard commission was a Labour party inspiration which was there only to serve the Labour party.