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Question for Wales Office

UIN 14991, tabled on 5 November 2015

Question

Nia Griffith
Labour
Llanelli
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how the Government plans to monitor and enforce clause 2 of the draft Wales Bill.

Answer

Stephen Crabb
Conservative
Preseli Pembrokeshire
Commons

Answered on

10 November 2015

Clause 2 of the draft Wales Bill will place the existing convention that Parliament will not normally legislate with regard to devolved matters without the consent of the National Assembly for Wales on a statutory footing. The Government will continue to work with the Welsh Government to obtain the Assembly’s consent (via legislative consent motions) to legislation in devolved areas included in parliamentary Bills. Similarly,where Welsh Government is legislating in relation to the functions of reserved authorities, they should seek the consent of UK ministers, and the draft bill makes this clear.

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