{"id":71233,"date":"2016-06-07T12:26:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T12:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=8f1b5bd47d86355c007a3b253d1d2c68"},"modified":"2016-06-07T12:26:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T12:26:00","slug":"press-release-wales-bill-powers-to-deliver-permanence-and-accountability-says-alun-cairns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=71233","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Wales Bill powers to \u201cdeliver permanence and accountability\u201d, says Alun Cairns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Speaking as the Wales Bill was introduced in Parliament &#8211; on the same day as the Senedd opens for its fifth session &#8211; Alun Cairns explained that the Bill will deliver a bold package of powers to Assembly members that can set in stone \u201c a strong and mature devolved Parliament\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Bill will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>make the Welsh Assembly permanent and more accountable to people in Wales<\/li>\n<li>build on last year\u2019s historic funding floor announcement by enabling the Assembly to vary an element of income tax for the first time<\/li>\n<li>confirm in statute the existence of a body of Welsh law made by the Assembly for Wales and Welsh Ministers which forms part of the law of England and Wales<\/li>\n<li>reduce the number of areas in which Westminster currently has control &#8211; for example ports, speed limits and local elections &#8211; and pass those powers to the Assembly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"alun-cairns-said\">Alun Cairns said:<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Wales is an outward-looking nation that is already punching above its weight on the world stage.<\/p>\n<p>With its distinct heritage and proud radical traditions, Wales is firmly on the path towards securing a strong and mature devolved Parliament. Today\u2019s Bill is the next stage on that journey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I look forward to working with the new Assembly, and together ensuring that Welsh democracy comes of age through a Wales Bill that delivers permanence and accountability.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Welsh men and women want sensible legislation that reflects their priorities and allows them to live under laws of their own choosing. I have heard that instruction loud and clear, and I will deliver on it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The second reading of the Wales Bill will take place later this month. The Wales Bill is expected to complete its passage through the Houses of Parliament this session.<\/p>\n<p>The Wales Bill, Wales Bill Impact Assessment and Justice in Wales Working Group Terms of Reference can be downloaded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/wales-bill--2\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Wales Bill will turn the Welsh Assembly into a Parliament with accountability, Secretary of State Alun Cairns said today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71233"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71233"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71255,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71233\/revisions\/71255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}