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Proceeding contribution from Philip Davies (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Friday, 20 January 2012. It occurred during Debate on bill on Daylight Saving Bill.


Daylight Saving Bill

That is very helpful. I feared that my hon. Friend was going in that direction, so I would certainly wish to press amendment 30 to a vote as it encapsulates the flavour of the lead amendment and would make that requirement clear in the Bill. The Bill says that the Secretary of State"““must consult the Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers.””" That is slightly ambiguous, and I hope the Minister will confirm that the Scottish Ministers and Welsh Ministers are the Ministers in the Welsh Assembly and the Scottish Parliament and not the Ministers in the Scotland Office and the Wales Office. It would be perverse if the Secretary of State was consulting another Secretary of State to get something through that the Government wanted. I hope that the Government would be consulting a different body—the Scottish Parliament or the Welsh Assembly—but that is not entirely clear from the Bill or from the glossary of terms at the back of it.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
538 c1024 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Devolution Northern Ireland Pupils Scotland Safety Wales Roads Sports Research Tourism Summertime
Legislation
Daylight Saving Bill 2010-12
Link
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