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Legislative Programme and Budget Statement (Wales)

Pursuant to the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda about the impact of parliamentary changes on the Welsh Assembly, the right hon. Lady is of course aware that if the number of Members of Parliament in Wales is reduced to 30, the number of Members of the National Assembly for Wales will be reduced to 45, which is, of course, entirely unreasonable and unmanageable. In order to ensure that is not the case, primary legislation is required. In her discussions with the Deputy Prime Minister, has she considered that such primary legislation is necessary, rather than the strange constitutional Bill that will come before us in the next few weeks?