§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Lord President of the Council if he will detail, by paragraph number, those parts of the Devolution White Paper which are open to amendment.
§ Mr. Edward ShortThe White Paper states that the Government will be very willing to listen to representations about their proposals that are consistent with their basic approach. In addition, on a number of particular topics the White Paper specifically invites public discussion before a decision is reached. But as the different elements of the proposals are closely interrelated and it is necessary to consider them as a whole it would not be appropriate to identify individual paragraphs as open to amendment.