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Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 77: 77: Clause 26, page 11, line 35, leave out ““with the consent of”” and insert ““following consultations with”” The noble Baroness said: This is an entirely different point. I notice that the noble Lord, Lord Jones, will answer for the Secretary of State. Clause 26(6) provides: "““The Secretary of State may by order with the consent of the Welsh Ministers specify action””—" and a similar phrase is used in the provision to which Amendment No. 92 relates. As I read that, it would allow the Welsh Ministers to veto an action which the Secretary of State wished to take; I do not read it as relating only to Wales. My amendment provides for consultation with Welsh Ministers. Given devolution, I could have expanded it into a two-part provision—one for England, one for Wales—but I first wanted to explore the point of principle, which seems quite interesting. I beg to move.