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Legislative Programme and Budget Statement (Wales)

The Deputy Prime Minister, I think, has proposed that he will introduce legislation on the matter before the summer recess—in other words, in the next few weeks. Therefore, I presume that the right hon. Lady must have already been engaged in discussions about the linkage—perhaps not. Perhaps I shall patronise her back. Perhaps she should be involved in such discussions, to ascertain whether the intention is to keep the link between the number of first-past-the-post seats in the Welsh Assembly and the number of seats in Wales. What number does she think equalising the size of constituencies would lead to for Wales?