Wales Bill Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Wales Bill

Susan Elan Jones Excerpts
Tuesday 24th June 2014

(10 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mark Williams Portrait Mr Mark Williams
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My hon. Friend says that with great sincerity, and I know him to be a sincere man. I just wish to place on the record the fact that the process of devolution has been an achievement of politicians of all parties—Liberals, Conservatives, and friends from the nationalists and from the Labour party—over the years. That process of consensus has to continue if the process of devolution marches on.

Susan Elan Jones Portrait Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South) (Lab)
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I would not wish the hon. Gentleman to continue without mentioning one of his predecessors, Lord Elystan-Morgan, who made an interesting point in his autobiography, saying that when he started his political career—many of us know that he did not spend his life in just one political party—he would not have dreamt that the process of self-government and devolution would have gone on to the extent that it has.