Clause 5 - Joint transport authorities
Transport (Wales) Bill
12:00 pm
Bill Wiggin ((Also Shadow Secretary of State for Wales), Environment, Food & Rural Affairs; Leominster, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 5, in clause 5, page 3, line 23, leave out subsection (5).
This amendment will not cause too much trouble, because it is a simple probing measure. I am sure that the Government meant to accomplish some sort of accountability in the clause, but the wording is so obtuse that, even after reading it carefully several times, I am still unclear about what it is designed to achieve. I would welcome clarification on the exact purpose of subsection (5), although I do not intend to press genuinely for its removal. Its drafting ought to be crystal clear, but it clearly is not. The Minister should tell us what on earth he is trying to achieve.