Oral Answers to Questions

Kirsten Oswald Excerpts

Wednesday 26th April 2017 Commons Chamber

[George Kerevan (East Lothian) (SNP)]

3. What assessment he has made of the potential effect of provisions of the great repeal Bill on Wales’s devolved competences.

[Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire) (SNP)]

4. What assessment he has made of the potential effect of provisions of the great repeal Bill on Wales’s devolved competences.

[Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West) (SNP)]

5. What assessment he has made of the potential effect of provisions of the great repeal Bill on Wales’s devolved competences.

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[Alun Cairns]

Naturally, the UK Government will continue to engage positively with the Scottish Government, as well as with the Welsh Government. However, I am sure the hon. Gentleman will agree that protecting the integrity of the UK market must be fundamental to that discussion, because clearly the Scottish farmers will sell more to the UK than they will elsewhere.

[Kirsten Oswald]

Wales has consistently voted to make the National Assembly responsible for the governance of its own country and to transfer responsibilities away from Westminster and closer to the people in Wales. Will the Secretary of State give a concrete guarantee that there will be no attempt to undermine devolution in relation to any of the devolved Governments?

[Alun Cairns]

I am grateful for the opportunity to highlight one achievement of this Parliament: passing the latest governance legislation, the Wales Act 2017, which enhanced powers even further in a range of areas. It demonstrates our stance on devolution, which is to trust the people.