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Comprehensive Spending Review

I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the matter of the implications for Wales of the Government’s comprehensive spending review. Before I make my remarks, on behalf of the Committee I thank the Economic Secretary, who has dealt charmingly with some rather churlish behaviour. It is a sad day for Wales when the official Opposition say that they would prefer not to have Ministers from other Departments to inform their conversations and debates better. I feel particularly sad for Wales.