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Comprehensive Spending Review

I thank the hon. Gentleman, who appears to be the only honourable gentleman on the Opposition Benches. I hope that he will check Hansard carefully; I believe that no such direct linkage was made. However, he is well aware of the wording of the coalition agreement, which says that we will look at a Calman-like process for Wales following the outcome of the referendum that will be held on 3 March. I hope that the shadow Secretary of State will apologise to the right hon. Member for Torfaen (Paul Murphy), because the implication that I was in some way hiding behind a Treasury Minister also insulted the right hon. Gentleman, who invited the right hon. Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms), then a Treasury Minister, to attend the Grand Committee, which he did on 17 December 2008, and the right hon. Member for Croydon North (Malcolm Wicks), then the Energy Minister, who attended the Committee on 18 June 2008. The right hon. Member for Torfaen did so precisely because we agreed, when I was dealing with him, that the Committee could benefit a great deal from having Ministers from other Departments assist us with questions.