Amendments proposed to the Government of Wales Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

207

Clause     49,     page     29,     line     28,     at end insert—

    '(3A)   No recommendation for the appointment of a person as the Counsel General may be made by the First Minister without prior consultation with the Attorney General.

    (3B)   No person may be recommended for appointment as the Counsel General unless he is—

(a)	a member of the Bar of England and Wales of at least ten years' standing, or

(b)	a solicitor of the Supreme Court of at least ten years' standing.

    (3C)   The functions of the Counsel General shall be exercised by him independently of any other person.'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

103

Clause     49,     page     29,     line     30,     at end insert—

    '(4A)   The First Civil Service Commissioner shall make recommendations to the First Minister on the appointment of the Counsel General when a vacancy occurs in that office.'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

102

Clause     49,     page     29,     line     31,     leave out subsection (5).

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

104

Clause     49,     page     29,     line     34,     leave out 'First Minister' and insert 'Permanent Secretary'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

105

Clause     49,     page     30,     line     1,     leave out subsection (8).

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

106

Clause     49,     page     30,     line     4,     leave out subsection (9).

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Adam Price
Hywel Williams

118

Clause     49,     page     30,     line     7,     at end add—

    '(10)   The Counsel General is deemed to be a Welsh Minister for the purposes of sections 30 to 135.'.

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Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

206

Clause     50,     page     30,     line     9,     after 'appoint', insert 'not more than three'.

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Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

204

Clause     51,     page     30,     line     19,     after 'means', insert 'the office of First Minister,'.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

150

Clause     52,     page     30,     line     34,     at end insert—

    '( )   Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (3), formal approval of all senior appointments made on the recommendation of the Head of the Home Civil Service will be the exclusive responsibility of the First Minister.'.

   

Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

214

Clause     52,     page     31,     line     23,     after 'function', insert 'within their powers.'.

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Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

215

Page     33,     line     33,     leave out Clause 58.

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Mr Secretary Hain

220

Schedule     3,     page     103,     line     14,     after 'Ministers' insert ', the First Minister or the Counsel General'.

   

Mr Secretary Hain

221

Schedule     3,     page     103,     line     19,     at end insert ', the First Minister or the Counsel General'.

   

Mr Secretary Hain

222

Schedule     3,     page     103,     line     23,     after 'Ministers' insert ', the First Minister or the Counsel General'.

   

Mr Secretary Hain

223

Schedule     3,     page     103,     line     39,     at end insert ', the First Minister or the Counsel General'.

   

Mr Secretary Hain

224

Schedule     3,     page     103,     line     43,     after 'Ministers' insert ', the First Minister or the Counsel General'.

   

Mr Secretary Hain

225

Schedule     3,     page     104,     line     14,     after 'Ministers' insert ', the First Minister or the Counsel General'.

   

Mr Secretary Hain

226

Schedule     3,     page     104,     line     26,     after 'Ministers' insert ', the First Minister or the Counsel General'.

   

Mr Secretary Hain

227

Schedule     3,     page     104,     line     34,     after 'Ministers' insert ', the First Minister or the Counsel General'.

   

Mr Secretary Hain

228

Schedule     3,     page     104,     line     35,     at end insert—

'Laying of reports and statements

9A

(1)

This paragraph applies where—

(a)   a function to make or receive a report or statement (including a function conferred or imposed by or by virtue of an Act passed after this Act) is transferred to, or made exercisable by, the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister or the Counsel General by an Order in Council under section 58, and

(b)   immediately before the coming into force of the provisions of the Order in Council relating to the function, any enactment made provision ("provision for Parliamentary laying") for a report or statement made or received in the exercise of the function to be laid before Parliament or either House of Parliament by the person making or receiving it.

(2)	The provision for Parliamentary laying applies to the exercise of the function by the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister or the Counsel General as if it required the report or statement to be laid before the Assembly instead of before Parliament or either House of Parliament.

(3)	In this paragraph references to a report or statement include any other document (except one containing subordinate legislation).'.

   

Mr Secretary Hain

229

Schedule     3,     page     105,     leave out lines 30 to 35.

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Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

216

Clause     60,     page     35,     line     22,     after 'anything', insert 'within their powers.'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

81

Clause     60,     page     35,     leave out lines 23 to 27 and insert 'promote or improve the general well-being of Wales.'.

   

Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

208

Page     35,     line     21,     leave out Clause 60.

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Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywell Williams

217

Clause     61,     page     35,     line     43,     after 'anything', insert 'within their powers.'.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price
Mr Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell

16

Clause     61,     page     36,     line     10,     at end add ', including the implementation of any of the provisions of the Welsh Language Act 1993.'.

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Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

218

Clause     62,     page     36,     line     13,     at end add ', but shall not, without the agreement of the Secretary of State, carry out any of the functions of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office or the Department for International Development.'.

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Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

17

Clause     64,     page     36,     line     39,     leave out 'Welsh Ministers' and insert 'Assembly'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

82

Clause     64,     page     36,     line     39,     after 'Ministers', insert 'or the Senedd by resolution with a simple majority of those voting.'.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

18

Clause     64,     page     36,     line     41,     leave out '(other than that under section 62)'.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

19

Clause     64,     page     36,     line     41,     after 'Welsh Ministers', insert 'including the pursuance of the provisions of section 33'.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

20

Clause     64,     page     37,     line     6,     leave out 'Welsh Ministers' and insert 'Assembly'.

   

Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

267

Clause     64,     page     37,     line     16,     at end add—

    '(6)   Nothing in this section authorises the holding of a poll for the purpose of ascertaining the views of those polled about whether Wales should cease to be part of the United Kingdom.'.

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Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

268

Clause     69,     page     38,     line     4,     after 'a', insert 'reasonable'.

   

Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

209

Clause     69,     page     38,     line     4,     leave out 'for' and insert 'to cover the cost of'.

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Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

269

Clause     70,     page     38,     line     18,     at end insert 'reasonable'.

Prepared 24 Jan 2006