New Clause 1 - Commissioner's annual report
Children's Commissioner for Wales Bill
Public Bill Committees, 30 January 2001, 12:30 pm
Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North, Labour)
The new clause should be resisted. It is linked with previous amendments tabled by Conservative Members, and would undermine the devolution settlement. The report is the property of the National Assembly, and if the Assembly wished to take it further by channelling it to the House, that would be acceptable. The new clause undermines the principles according to which the National Assembly has created the post and set aside money from its budget to implement and operate it. If we start to interfere with the budget, that will cause difficulties.