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» Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Queen’s Speech

Put that the Airports Economic Regulation Bill was missing from Sir George Young’s statement to the House this morning, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the first stage of the process regarding this bill was for the Department for Transport to look at what changes were needed to improve the situation for passengers in airports. There was then the possibility of legislative changes following on from that in order that those proposals could be implemented. As a general rule, it was preferable that things got done without legislation.

Asked if John Redwood’s intervention on Capital Gains Tax (CGT) was helpful, the PMS said that there were some words on CGT in the coalition document, and there would be an announcement in the Budget.

Asked why the Prime Minister thought that the referendum on whether the Welsh Assembly got more powers should be held in 2011, the PMS said that the Prime Minister said yesterday that he believed a referendum should be held next year and that there should be a free and open debate in Wales to allow that to happen. Yesterday, the Welsh Secretary wrote to the First Minister on the timetable and for more details it was best to speak to the Wales Office.

Asked if the Government was sympathetic to calls for a delay in the rollout of work assessment tests for people seeking to claim Employment and Support Allowance, the PMS said that the coalition agreement had set out the policy in regards to this. The rollout was already happening, and the proposal was that all claimants of incapacity benefit should be assessed for their readiness to work.

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