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House of Commons

 
 

Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Thursday 19 June 2014

 

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:

 

149-52

 

Consideration of Bill


 

Wales Bill


 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Jonathan Edwards

 

Hywel Williams

 

NC2

 

To move the following Clause—

 

“Infrastructure guarantees in Wales

 

Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for the transfer of responsibility

 

for providing infrastructure guarantees in Wales to the Welsh Ministers.”

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Jonathan Edwards

 

Hywel Williams

 

8

 

Clause  19,  page  22,  line  8,  at end insert—

 

“(1B)    

Welsh Ministers may set their own capital expenditure priorities.”

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment would ensure that a future Welsh Government can utilise the borrowing capacity

 

in order to invest in infrastructure projects that it deems a priority, and not be constricted or forced

 

to invest in a project that the Treasury deems a priority.

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Jonathan Edwards

 

Hywel Williams

 

9

 

Clause  9,  page  13,  line  33,  leave out “10” and insert “100”

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment would make the Welsh Government responsible for 100 per cent of income tax

 

revenue gathered in Wales.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 19 June 2014                     

178

 

Wales Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Jonathan Edwards

 

Hywel Williams

 

NC3

 

To move the following Clause—

 

“National Assembly ability to hold binding referenda

 

Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for the transfer of responsibility

 

for holding binding referenda to the National Assembly for Wales.”

 

Owen Smith

 

Nia Griffith

 

10

 

Clause  9,  page  13,  line  33,  leave out “10” and insert “15”

 

Owen Smith

 

Nia Griffith

 

11

 

Clause  28,  page  30,  line  20,  after “except”, insert “sections 8 and 9”

 

Owen Smith

 

Nia Griffith

 

12

 

Clause  28,  page  30,  line  22,  at end insert—

 

“(2A)    

Sections 8 and 9 shall not come into force until a Welsh Government Minister has

 

laid a report before the National Assembly for Wales containing a statement to

 

the effect that the Welsh Govenment, with regard to the Statement of Funding

 

Policy, is content with the fairness of the arrangements for allocating funding

 

from the UK Government to Wales.

 

(2B)    

Sections 8 and 9 shall be suspended following any substantive reform,

 

amendment or other alteration of the arrangements mentioned in subsection (2A),

 

until the process under subsection (2A) has been repeated.”

 

Owen Smith

 

Nia Griffith

 

13

 

Page  1,  line  9,  leave out Clause 2

 

Owen Smith

 

Nia Griffith

 

14

 

Clause  28,  page  30,  line  19,  at end insert “except section 2”

 

Owen Smith

 

Nia Griffith

 

15

 

Clause  28,  page  30,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

“(8)    

Part 1, section 2, comes into force when a Welsh Government Minister has laid a

 

report before the National Assembly for Wales containing a statement to the

 

effect that the Welsh Government, with regard to the electoral arrangements of

 

the National Assembly for Wales, is content with fairness of those arrangements.”


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 19 June 2014                     

179

 

Wales Bill, continued

 
 

Owen Smith

 

Nia Griffith

 

NC4

 

To move the following Clause—

 

“National Assembly for Wales: reserved powers

 

(1)    

The Secretary of State will lay a report before each House of Parliament on the

 

further legislative steps needed to move to a model of reserved powers for the

 

National Assembly for Wales and shall lay the report before each House of

 

Parliament within nine months of this Act receiving Royal Assent.

 

(2)    

Part 2, except the referendum-related provisions and sections 19 and 20 shall not

 

come into force until the report has been laid in accordance with subsection (1).”

 


 
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