Welsh Affairs

Part of Bill Presented — Private Pensions (Charges, Disclosure and Accountability) Bill – in the House of Commons at 3:24 pm on 1 March 2012.

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Photo of Paul Murphy Paul Murphy Labour, Torfaen 3:24, 1 March 2012

I do not because, as I said earlier and as the Minister will remember, the purpose is to set protocols between the Welsh and United Kingdom Governments. Indeed, the Welsh Affairs Committee inquired into cross-border health issues not long ago. I merely say to the House that when legislation goes through Westminster, even if it ostensibly relates only to England, there are implications for Wales. There are other examples. A number of the health bodies that are to be abolished affect England and Wales; one relates to alcohol and another to health care of a different sort. There is also the training of medical staff, which obviously cannot be done solely in Wales. That has to be done in England as well.