HC Deb 19 June 1995 vol 262 cc73-4W
Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his oral answer to the hon. Member for Ogmore (Mr. Powell) of 12 June, column 483 if he will list(a) the calculations and (b) the assumptions he has made in arriving at his estimated cost of the Labour party's proposed directly elected Welsh Assembly. [28879]

Mr. Redwood

I refer the hon. Member to the information I put out in my press notice on Friday 16 June.

Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his oral answer to the hon. Member for Ogmore (Mr. Powell) of 12 June,Official Report, column 483, what information he has sought from the Labour party Wales concerning the detail of its proposed Welsh Assembly. [28878]

Mr. Redwood

I have seen a copy of the Labour party proposals for a Welsh Assembly, and have often asked the hon. Member to clarify matters.

Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his oral answer to the hon. Member for Ogmore (Mr. Powell) of 12 June,Official Report, column 483, if he will make a statement in the work carried out by his departmental officials on the likely cost of the Labour party's proposals for a directly elected Welsh Assembly. [28880]

Mr. Redwood

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave him on Thursday 15 June, column660.

Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his oral answer to the hon. Member for Ogmore (Mr. Powell) of 12 June,Official Report, column 483, if he will list those organisations in Wales he has consulted on the desirability of creating a directly elected Welsh Assembly. [28877]

Mr. Redwood

It is not Government policy to create an assembly.

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