United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for European Transition (in respect of his 'law officer' responsibilities) – in the Senedd at 2:27 pm on 22 September 2020.

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Photo of Jeremy Miles Jeremy Miles Labour 2:27, 22 September 2020

Well, I haven't seen the text of that amendment. Our position as a Government is that there should be no transfer of powers, come what may, from this Senedd to Westminster. So, it's a very simple proposition. I was very pleased to see that, on the vote at the start of last week, both my party in Parliament and hers and others in this Chamber were able to stand clear in their rejection of the principles that are at the heart of this Bill. As she knows from the discussions we've previously had, there are many ways in which this Bill cuts across profoundly the devolution settlement and locks in those changes in a way that this Senedd would not be able to reverse. So, I do welcome the opportunity to work on a cross-party basis in Parliament and I very much hope that that continues.