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Debates on delegated legislation on Wednesday, 14 October 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Hywel Francis. The answering member was Lord Hain.

National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Welsh Language)

Ninth report from the Welsh Affairs Committee, Proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Welsh Language) Order 2009 (HC 348 2008-09), and its implications for Wales. Debate by the Welsh Grand Committee (morning and afternoon sessions). Resolved that the Committee has considered the matter. Agreed to on question.

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Type
Grand Committee proceedings (HC)
Reference
WGC c3-36,39-68 
Session
2008-09
Department
Wales Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons Grand Committees
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Hain | WGC c21 (Link to this contribution) As I have explained, the matter in question is a Minister of the Crown function, and any question of...
David TC Davies | WGC c21 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State give way?
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Roger Williams | WGC c62 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a reasonable point, but I certainly would argue that it should be addressed...
Lord Murphy of Torfaen | WGC c53-4 (Link to this contribution) The LCO has been a long time getting here, and was initially controversial. The controversy has died...
Hywel Williams | WGC c44 (Link to this contribution) That proves that there is no collusion between Plaid Cymru Members, as that is the point I am moving...
Hywel Williams | WGC c39 (Link to this contribution) Before lunch I was saying that the status of the language is contested and that there is a continuin...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c34 (Link to this contribution) I am not going into those realms. The concept of reasonableness may be an area that we need to retur...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c32 (Link to this contribution) Moving on, I should still like clarification about the role of the language commissioner, as that ha...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c32 (Link to this contribution) I think it is clear that I will not give way at the moment, and I would like to finish my sentence. ...
Alun Michael | WGC c26 (Link to this contribution) I want to make a very simple point. I think that the point about legislative precision was one that ...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c26 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Member for Montgomeryshire will wait a second, there is a gentleman who can hardly conta...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c25 (Link to this contribution) I find the Secretary of State’s attitude rather alarming, because he said that he was seeking consen...
Lord Hain | WGC c12 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. I could not have put it better myself.
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c28 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a very valid point. These are not my words, but the Secretary of State’s wo...
Alun Michael | WGC c63 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
David Jones | WGC c63 (Link to this contribution) One would certainly wish to encourage all suppliers of goods and services operating in Wales, as far...
Alun Michael | WGC c63 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. The strength of the message that I received from...
David Jones | WGC c61-2 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Secretary of State for that contribution and I understand what he says. The dif...
Lord Hain | WGC c61 (Link to this contribution) I am listening carefully to what the hon. Gentleman is saying and I will certainly reflect on it. I ...
Hywel Francis | WGC c54 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted that my right hon. Friend has mentioned Monmouthshire. He briefed me last night on wh...
Alun Michael | WGC c58 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend should not feel at all guilty. My right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull...
Alun Michael | WGC c49-50 (Link to this contribution) Indeed I do. As there are fears around, we need some definition in the legislation. I think that is ...
Alun Michael | WGC c45-6 (Link to this contribution) I welcome you back to the Chair of this Committee for this fascinating debate, Mr. Caton. It is a pa...
Alun Michael | WGC c46-9 (Link to this contribution) I accept that point, but it depends on the order. In this case, the Welsh Affairs Committee was able...
Elfyn Llwyd | WGC c43-4 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend knows that for some time both he and I have been campaigning for the right for people...
Hywel Williams | WGC c39-40 (Link to this contribution) On expenses, yes. Thank you. The pressure for change in Wales has often been led by people who feel ...
David TC Davies | WGC c36 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman feels that responsibilities for language could be devolved downwards, why not ...
Roger Williams | WGC c34 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Lady for giving way. She makes a practical point. Would she not agree that the conc...
Hywel Williams | WGC c34-5 (Link to this contribution) I should like to start by looking briefly at the broad issue. The use of the Welsh language in Wales...
Albert Owen | WGC c33 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady talks about the importance of the Welsh language and communities. Communities on Angle...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c33 (Link to this contribution) Well, Labour is in coalition with Plaid Cymru—although their policies are hardly consistent, even on...
Albert Owen | WGC c32 (Link to this contribution) It was about language, Mr. Jones.
Lord Hain | WGC c31 (Link to this contribution) I will happily write to the hon. Lady and circulate the letter to other Committee members.
Albert Owen | WGC c31 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is raising a very important point about cross-border issues, but she will be aware of ...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c31-2 (Link to this contribution) It is a matter of scale. A railway company is different from a small bus service. I may have some ro...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c30-1 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps the hon. Gentleman should have a word with the Presiding Officer. As with the other document...
Hywel Williams | WGC c30 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Lady concede, however, that even if some of these bodies had been drawn into the LCO, ...
David TC Davies | WGC c29 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the shadow Secretary of State for giving way. Does she agree that consensus is unli...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c28-9 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State is being quite disingenuous because we did not get the letter from him until ...
Lord Hain | WGC c28 (Link to this contribution) I cannot give the hon. Lady a date now, except to say that it will be as soon as we can do it after ...
Wayne David | WGC c67-8 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I think that was very unreasonable and I am extremely sorry that Matthew Parris missed his trai...
Wayne David | WGC c64-6 (Link to this contribution) The discussion we have had today has been extremely worthwhile and of a very high standard. That fac...
Elfyn Llwyd | WGC c66 (Link to this contribution) I agree entirely with what the Under-Secretary is saying—clearly, one size will not fit all. The Sec...
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c23 (Link to this contribution) Order. That is miles outside the scope of what we are debating today. I remind the Secretary of Stat...
Lord Hain | WGC c23 (Link to this contribution) Mr Jones, all I can say is that the hon. Gentleman makes an interesting proposition, but he would ha...
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c24 (Link to this contribution) Order. May I remind hon. Members that we are actually debating the report from the Welsh Affairs Com...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c24-5 (Link to this contribution) Mr. Jones, may I welcome you to the Chair? I neglected to do so at the beginning of the Committee. I...
Lord Hain | WGC c22 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right, but we must also bear in mind the fact that the training facility in qu...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c21 (Link to this contribution) I should like the right hon. Gentleman to produce evidence of what he said earlier. He is right that...
Nick Ainger | WGC c20 (Link to this contribution) In previous discussions, I have raised the issue of small post offices and the burden that could be ...
David Jones | WGC c20 (Link to this contribution) I very much doubt whether what the Secretary of State has just said allays people’s concerns. Is he ...
Lord Hain | WGC c17-9 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Lady’s latter point. The hon. Member for Caernarfon made precisely that point,...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c17 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State is being very generous in giving way. Will he confirm that the Welsh Language...
Lord Hain | WGC c17 (Link to this contribution) I completely agree. If I inadvertently erred, then I am grateful to be pulled up on that.
Lord Hain | WGC c20 (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Gentleman causing mischief?
Lord Hain | WGC c19-20 (Link to this contribution) No, they will not. We have looked at the issue quite carefully. For a start, I do not think that any...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c19 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Secretary of State for listing some examples. Will Members of Parliament fall w...
Alun Michael | WGC c26 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr. Jones. I am not a lawyer and I demand that the hon. Lady withdraw that slur...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c26 (Link to this contribution) No, just sit down and let me finish my point. My request and my suggestion are perfectly reasonable....
David Jones | WGC c8 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman says quite rightly that the Select Committee is looking forward to seeing the red...
Hywel Francis | WGC c7-8 (Link to this contribution) No, that was never raised with us. We understand that the intention behind the order is to require l...
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c9 (Link to this contribution) Will hon. Members keep interventions as short as possible?
Alun Michael | WGC c9 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. When the Committee made a strong caveat that we migh...
Alun Michael | WGC c12 (Link to this contribution) I am a bit surprised by the attempts of Conservative Front Benchers to delay the debate. Is it not a...
Hywel Francis | WGC c10-1 (Link to this contribution) Indeed, yes. I think the hon. Gentleman wants me to agree with that, and I endorse that. In conclusi...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c13 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr. Jones. The Committee is sitting all day, and no such attempt is being made ...
Lord Hain | WGC c13 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to provoke the hon. Lady. [Hon. Members: ““Go on!””] My hon. Friends want me to do so....
Lembit Opik | WGC c13 (Link to this contribution) I, for one, do feel that this process is ensuring that the matter is given appropriate scrutiny, giv...
Albert Owen | WGC c6-7 (Link to this contribution) It is important to put on record, when considering timetabling and indeed the workload of the Welsh ...
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c3 (Link to this contribution) It might be helpful if I remind Members of the timing of the debate. We have from now until 11.25 am...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c7 (Link to this contribution) I am very interested in the Committee’s deliberations on the threshold. While considering the £200,0...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c27 (Link to this contribution) That is the sort of puerile political positioning that I expect in the run-up to a general election....
Hywel Williams | WGC c27 (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Lady proposing a general provision whereby this place would look at all Measures coming ...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c27 (Link to this contribution) I shall read the passage again: ““In tandem with our ongoing work on the Welsh language we have been...
David Jones | WGC c62 (Link to this contribution) That is a fair point. Again, I must commend the Secretary of State in that the introduction of a pro...
David Jones | WGC c62 (Link to this contribution) I make the point that I put to the Catalan Minister in the evidence session: Catalonia has a signifi...
Hywel Williams | WGC c62 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to go over old ground, but what did the hon. Gentleman make of the Catalan Minister’s ...
David Jones | WGC c63 (Link to this contribution) Forgive me; I can take only one at a time. That economy is almost self-sufficient. The issue should...
David Jones | WGC c60-1 (Link to this contribution) This important debate has attracted much interest throughout Wales, as is evidenced by the welcome p...
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c53 (Link to this contribution) Order. I should like to start the wind-ups at 3.35 pm. Three hon. Members are indicating that they w...
Paul Flynn | WGC c58 (Link to this contribution) As I am approaching the halfway point of my parliamentary career, it might take some time to reflect...
Roger Williams | WGC c51-3 (Link to this contribution) I certainly agree. One of the reservations that I and my party have about the LCO process is that it...
Lembit Opik | WGC c51 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend would presumably agree with me that, although this Secretary of State is genuinely co...
Lord Hain | WGC c51 (Link to this contribution) To reassure the hon. Gentleman, the Assembly is not due to consider the LCO until next month. It wil...
Alun Michael | WGC c41 (Link to this contribution) May I draw the hon. Gentleman’s attention to a note that was privileged by the CBI during August? I ...
Hywel Williams | WGC c41-3 (Link to this contribution) I am extremely gratified by that. I did not see that release, but I would contest it—I might do that...
Hywel Williams | WGC c40-1 (Link to this contribution) It is not a concern, as such, of mine. I am confident that the language commissioner’s functions wil...
David Jones | WGC c40 (Link to this contribution) Is it a concern of the hon. Gentleman’s, as it is of mine, that the role and function of the languag...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c33 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that perfectly sensible intervention. As I said, these matters need clarifying. Th...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c33 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman speaks passionately about his constituency. May I set his mind at rest? I am not ...
Albert Owen | WGC c33 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady was making a political point.
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c33 (Link to this contribution) I rely on the documentation that I have seen, and English is not an official language. If the hon. G...
Lord Hain | WGC c33 (Link to this contribution) I rely on my hon. Friend the Member for Caerphilly to enlighten us further later on. As the hon. Mem...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c32 (Link to this contribution) Actually, I am a charitable and warm-hearted lady. It is just that the hon. Gentleman does not like ...
Albert Owen | WGC c32 (Link to this contribution) On military training, I have a large establishment in my constituency-
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c32 (Link to this contribution) I think it is just as well that the hon. Gentleman is leaving.
Adam Price | WGC c32 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr. Jones, the person intending to be the next Secretary of State for Wales has...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c31 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his words about that point of information. On transpor...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c29 (Link to this contribution) May I say to my hon. Friend that the Pavlov’s dog reactions from the other side of the room are hypo...
Wayne David | WGC c66 (Link to this contribution) Yes, well, we do not want to get into an historical debate about the Act of Union 1536—which was men...
Hywel Francis | WGC c66-7 (Link to this contribution) Before we lose sight of buses, as it were, I am sure that my hon. Friend will be pleased to hear tha...
Wayne David | WGC c67 (Link to this contribution) I think that that was a positive and important development.
Lord Murphy of Torfaen | WGC c67 (Link to this contribution) Is it not also the case that it would be nonsense to teach Welsh to non-Welsh speakers in Blaenavon ...
Lord Hain | WGC c64 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to encourage the hon. Gentleman’s belief that there will be an opportunity for further...
Lord Hain | WGC c23 (Link to this contribution) The process of winning the next general election for the Labour party. I think that even the Conserv...
David Jones | WGC c22 (Link to this contribution) The issue of royal charter bodies concerned the Committee greatly, and in fact the Under-Secretary e...
Hywel Williams | WGC c21-2 (Link to this contribution) Surely the test of reasonableness and proportionality would apply as well. No one in their right min...
Lord Hain | WGC c23 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that will happen because we are at the beginning of a process that will stop it.
Adam Price | WGC c23 (Link to this contribution) If the Conservatives form a majority in Westminster after the next election, and I sincerely hope th...
Lord Hain | WGC c22-3 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has decided to exit from Westminster, so we know what he thinks of Parliament. Le...
Lord Hain | WGC c20 (Link to this contribution) We are not proposing that. However, it will be in order and quite possible for the Assembly to raise...
Lord Hain | WGC c20 (Link to this contribution) I was taking advice while my hon. Friend was asking me that question. Postal services are caught by ...
Lord Hain | WGC c20-1 (Link to this contribution) In Gwynedd that will happen anyway. In Monmouthshire, I suspect that it would not. The question is h...
Lord Hain | WGC c21 (Link to this contribution) I want to move on. We are also taking out energy production and transmission services because they d...
Lord Hain | WGC c21 (Link to this contribution) I hope that that will be a live issue, but the hon. Lady’s party leader has said that if his party i...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c21 (Link to this contribution) I have read the sentence: ““Only training funded wholly or partly by public money will come within c...
Lord Touhig | WGC c17 (Link to this contribution) I strongly believe that it is perfectly sensible and correct to pass responsibility for legislating ...
Lord Hain | WGC c16-7 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his point and I agree with him. I am also grateful to him fo...
Hywel Williams | WGC c17 (Link to this contribution) I fear that the right hon. Gentleman inadvertently produced a red herring when he referred to small ...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c26 (Link to this contribution) That is the first time I have heard a lawyer arguing for less information.
David Jones | WGC c9 (Link to this contribution) I refer to the hon. Gentleman’s reference to suggestions that the Select Committee should simply rub...
David Jones | WGC c10 (Link to this contribution) No. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that that suggestion has been made most frequently and loudly by n...
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c9 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Lady draw her question to a close?
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c9 (Link to this contribution) One cannot presuppose what is in that order until it arrives.
Lord Hain | WGC c12 (Link to this contribution) No, I do not. I am anxious that there should be proper parliamentary scrutiny, and I agree with what...
Lembit Opik | WGC c10 (Link to this contribution) Just before the hon. Gentleman concludes, it might be useful for the record—as it sets a valuable pr...
Hywel Francis | WGC c10 (Link to this contribution) I welcome that positive intervention. I draw the hon. Gentleman’s attention to the fact that the Wel...
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c13 (Link to this contribution) Order. As I am sure the hon. Lady well knows, she is not raising a point of order. The fact is that ...
Lord Hain | WGC c13-4 (Link to this contribution) I agree, but such issues should not always be dealt with by convening a Welsh Grand Committee and ta...
Hywel Williams | WGC c14 (Link to this contribution) Will the referral of the LCO to the Floor of the House have any effect on its progress towards the P...
Lord Hain | WGC c16 (Link to this contribution) In the end, I do not believe that the Welsh Assembly Government or the Assembly will want to pursue ...
Lord Hain | WGC c14 (Link to this contribution) No, it will not, provided that we are able to get the LCO through the House, as I am confident that ...
David Jones | WGC c15 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way again. He is right that any Measures should b...
Lord Hain | WGC c15 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the role that the hon. Gentleman played as a member of the Welsh Affairs Committee...
Sian C James | WGC c14 (Link to this contribution) How might the draft order affect telecommunications companies that have a UK-wide brief, particularl...
Lord Hain | WGC c14-5 (Link to this contribution) I will come to that. I am glad that my hon. Friend has raised it because there was, understandably, ...
Hywel Francis | WGC c8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for drawing my attention to that once again. I am sure that the ...
Hywel Francis | WGC c9 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for using the word ““expeditiously”” rather than ““swift””. I ca...
Lord Hain | WGC c4 (Link to this contribution) Further to that point of order, Mr. Jones. Can I just say to the Committee and remind the hon. Lady ...
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c4 (Link to this contribution) May I tell the hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham that that was a point of order, and I took it as...
Lord Hain | WGC c3 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the matter of the Ninth Report from the Welsh Affai...
Stephen Crabb | WGC c7 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman clarify whether the figure of £400,000 was ever raised during the Committee’...
Lord Touhig | WGC c27 (Link to this contribution) There is no doubt in my mind that responsibility for the Measure rests with the Welsh Assembly. The ...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c27 (Link to this contribution) This is interesting. A Government Member agrees with me, not because I want to be a dictator in any ...
Lembit Opik | WGC c26-7 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. non-lawyer asked a very important question. Why does the hon. Lady say that we should...
Lord Hain | WGC c27 (Link to this contribution) I shall not detain the hon. Lady, but I do not understand what she is saying. She is saying that she...
Lord Murphy of Torfaen | WGC c54-6 (Link to this contribution) As long as my hon. Friend is speaking English, I will be delighted to come and hear what he has to s...
Paul Flynn | WGC c58-60 (Link to this contribution) There is a lot to be said for originality in the interpretation of the orthography of a language and...
Nia Griffith | WGC c56-7 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Aberavon on his excellent and eloquent introductory spe...
Roger Williams | WGC c51 (Link to this contribution) I welcome that reassurance, and I am sure that other Members welcome it too.
Roger Williams | WGC c49 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that with the right hon. Gentleman’s experience in government, he will know that wherever ...
Roger Williams | WGC c50-1 (Link to this contribution) It is always a great pleasure to listen to the right hon. Member for Cardiff, South and Penarth; he ...
David Jones | WGC c46 (Link to this contribution) Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that that is the strength of the sequential consideration of dra...
Hywel Williams | WGC c36 (Link to this contribution) That is a very good point indeed. My party is very much in favour of devolving power as much as poss...
Hywel Williams | WGC c32 (Link to this contribution) May I refer the hon. Lady to Sir Wyn Roberts—I think the statement is attributed to him—who said tha...
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c32 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps the hon. Gentleman can bring that up later in a speech, if he catches my eye or that of my c...
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c32 (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Lady should not give way on points to do with military training.
Adam Price | WGC c32 (Link to this contribution) Charitable and generous-hearted as ever.
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c32 (Link to this contribution) That is not a point of order. I advise the hon. Lady to continue her speech.
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c29-30 (Link to this contribution) Let me make some progress—I will come back to the hon. Gentleman. I read a contribution made by one...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c29 (Link to this contribution) Yes, it was to do with Group 4 Security and the prisons—privatisation, which is something that the L...
David Jones | WGC c64 (Link to this contribution) I have no doubt that the Select Committee will review the amended draft LCO when it is produced. Not...
Wayne David | WGC c67 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that anyone would suggest that bus drivers in Blaenavon would be forced to learn Wels...
Paul Flynn | WGC c67 (Link to this contribution) There was a great deal of attention given to one problem that occurred with Welsh-language announcem...
Adam Price | WGC c23 (Link to this contribution) As the Welsh Affairs Committee has a particular role in legislative scrutiny with regards to democra...
Paul Flynn | WGC c23-4 (Link to this contribution) Does that not reflect the evolving role of the Welsh Affairs Committee? It was set up to do a certai...
Lord Hain | WGC c24 (Link to this contribution) Mr. Jones, may I respond to my hon. Friend? I have not said before that the Welsh Affairs Committee ...
Lord Hain | WGC c25 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to have to say this, Mr. Jones, but that reflects the anti-devolution stance of the Conse...
Lord Hain | WGC c22 (Link to this contribution) Indeed. We are also clarifying the fact that any duties on broadcasters will relate only to the cond...
David Jones | WGC c20 (Link to this contribution) No, I have a serious point. Of necessity, the £400,000 threshold will be eroded by inflation over th...
Lord Hain | WGC c17 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my right hon. Friend. I would like to make a point of self-congratulation on behalf of ...
Hywel Francis | WGC c9 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is absolutely right. She asked me where I heard the notion of delay; I suggest that sh...
Lord Hain | WGC c11 (Link to this contribution) Mr. Jones, it is a privilege to serve again under your chairmanship and to see the bow tie proudly a...
David Jones | WGC c12 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State is right that, on occasion, it is important that this Committee consider matt...
Hywel Williams | WGC c10 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman confirm that the positive remarks that he has made about the process, which ...
Hywel Francis | WGC c10 (Link to this contribution) I note the observations of the hon. Gentleman. May I begin to conclude? The Secretary of State said ...
Albert Owen | WGC c12 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my right hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff, South and Penarth. My hon. Friend the Memb...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c12 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way, because these crude attempts to paint Tory F...
Lord Hain | WGC c12 (Link to this contribution) I have addressed this matter before, when the hon. Lady sought to delay the Committee's proceedings ...
Elfyn Llwyd | WGC c16 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman will recall being a member, as I was, of the Standing Committee that consid...
Lord Hain | WGC c16 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman’s general proposition. I partially accept his point about t...
Lembit Opik | WGC c15-6 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman raises an important issue. The question that I would add is, to what extent...
Mark Williams | WGC c16 (Link to this contribution) In agreeing with what the Secretary of State has just said, may I refer him to the evidence that we ...
Hywel Williams | WGC c8 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman confirm that if the Committee returns to the issue it will be a matter of ti...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c9 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has made a statement about the future work of the Select Committee. I appreciate ...
Hywel Francis | WGC c4-6 (Link to this contribution) Bore da. Diolch yn fawr. May I begin, Mr. Jones, by thanking you and Mr. Caton for agreeing to this...
Hywel Francis | WGC c7 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention, and I thank him, too, for his contribution to...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c26 (Link to this contribution) I apologise, Mr. Jones. I really thought that the right hon. Gentleman was a lawyer - he certainly b...
Cheryl Gillan | WGC c3-4 (Link to this contribution) I wonder if you could advise me on something, Mr. Jones. The Secretary of State has moved the motion...
Hywel Francis | WGC c7 (Link to this contribution) We had internal discussions about that. I was particularly interested to hear the official response ...
Subjects
Legislative competence National Assembly for Wales Wales Welsh language Welsh Affairs Committee
Legislation
National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Welsh Language) Order 2010
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