Extract from Commons debate on Strengthening the Union - July 23
Tuesday, 24 July 2018 07:58
Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke) (Con) ...Nevertheless, we
must not allow the challenges facing Northern Ireland to blind us
to the real strength of the Union, both there and elsewhere.
Devolution is continuing apace in Wales, with the Assembly
transformed into a fully-fledged legislature with responsibility
not just for spending taxes but for raising them. The strength of
devolution, though, and the reason it is good for the Union, is
that devolution does not mean separation. I am...Request free trial
...Nevertheless, we must not allow the challenges facing
Northern Ireland to blind us to the real strength of the Union,
both there and elsewhere. Devolution is continuing apace in Wales,
with the Assembly transformed into a fully-fledged legislature with
responsibility not just for spending taxes but for raising them.
The strength of devolution, though, and the reason it is good for
the Union, is that devolution does not mean separation. I am proud
to have both the Great
Western line and the second Severn crossing in my
constituency, which overlooks the Severn estuary into Wales. Wales
and the south-west have extremely close links on every level, and I
am proud that the world-renowned defence and aerospace industries
in my constituency are daily enhanced and empowered by the
contribution of commuters from Wales. That is soon to be helped
dramatically by the abolition of the Severn bridge tolls...
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