Wales Bill - Committee (2nd Day) (Continued)

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 7:00 pm on 7 November 2016.

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Photo of Lord Howarth of Newport Lord Howarth of Newport Labour 7:00, 7 November 2016

My Lords, the call for the alignment of legislative and executive powers is not just a call for tidying-up: it is a call for clarity of accountability. Unless we have that alignment, in the same devolved matter, Welsh government Ministers will be accountable to the Welsh Assembly on some aspects and Ministers of the Crown will be responsible to this legislature on others. That makes for confusion and a political mess. Is not it far better to get some coherence and clarity of accountability, as my noble friend and other noble Lords are calling for?