Member

To some extent, my amendment is a probing amendment, but I suggest that it offers a sensible solution to a point of very real concern to the devolved Administrations. I am not going as far as I sometimes do to ask that consent should be required before these powers are exercised. There is no need to go that far because close and timely consultation, which is what the Constitution Committee is contemplating, should be enough to sort things out in a way that satisfies both sides. Consultation, not consent, is what this clause would require. I hope that the Minister will feel able to assure me that the Government will take this point seriously and perhaps bring forward an amendment that deals with it in their own words for consideration on Report.