Amendment: WALES BILL: Separation of the Legal Jurisdiction of England and Wales
Amendment proposed: 7, page 2, line 3, at end insert—
“(2) The Lord Chancellor and the Welsh Ministers must keep the functioning of the justice system in relation to Wales under review with a view to its development and reform, including keeping under review the question of whether the single legal jurisdiction of England and Wales should be divided into a jurisdiction for Wales and a jurisdiction for England.
(3) In exercising their duty in subsection (2) the Lord Chancellor and the Welsh Ministers must have regard to—
(a) divergence in the law and its administration as between England and Wales,
(b) the need to treat the Welsh and English languages on the basis of equality, and
(c) any other circumstances in Wales affecting operation of the justice system.
(4) The Lord Chancellor and the Welsh Ministers may appoint a panel to advise them on the exercise of their functions in this section.
(5) The Lord Chancellor must make an annual report on the functioning of the justice system in relation to Wales to the Welsh Ministers.
(6) The Welsh Ministers must lay the report before the Assembly.
(7) The Lord Chancellor must lay the report before both Houses of Parliament.”—(Paul Flynn.)