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| Powers for English regions 'better fit', Carwyn Jones says | Powers for English regions 'better fit', Carwyn Jones says |
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| Giving more power to the regions of England is the answer to the future of the UK, Wales' first minister has said, after Scotland rejected independence. | Giving more power to the regions of England is the answer to the future of the UK, Wales' first minister has said, after Scotland rejected independence. |
| Carwyn Jones said it was a "better fit" than a policy of "English votes for English laws" in the UK Parliament. | Carwyn Jones said it was a "better fit" than a policy of "English votes for English laws" in the UK Parliament. |
| Wales Office Minister Alun Cairns has said that Welsh MPs could face different voting restrictions at Westminster than Scottish MPs. | Wales Office Minister Alun Cairns has said that Welsh MPs could face different voting restrictions at Westminster than Scottish MPs. |
| But Mr Jones said there needed to be clarity on who runs what across the UK. | But Mr Jones said there needed to be clarity on who runs what across the UK. |
| Speaking to BBC Radio Wales on Saturday, he said it would be "immensely complicated" to determine which laws only applied to England. | |
| "Why have an institution in Westminster that sits as three of four different parliaments according to what's before the members there? I don't think that works particularly," he said. | |
| "It's either a parliament where all the MPs are equal or it's not." | |
| 'Huge resource' | |
| Mr Jones also repeated his call that Wales should be given a "fair share of the pot" in Treasury funding for the various UK nations under the so-called Barnett formula. | |
| He also called for powers over energy policy, as enjoyed by England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. | |
| "Energy is a huge resource in Wales, particularly marine energy that could create jobs in Wales and we can't do it," he said. | |
| "Scotland is able to throw a lot more money at marine energy even though our circumstances, our sea, is far better in terms of the opportunities that it offers. | |
| "That's one way in which we could create jobs for people - we could have more manufacturing of the kit that generates the energy. | |
| "We can't do that at the moment." | |
| Prime Minister David Cameron has promised that Wales will have a bigger say over its affairs while proposing that non-English MPs will be prevented from voting on laws only affecting England. | |
| But Wales Office Minister Alun Cairns said there could be different arrangements for different sets of MPs. | |
| The Vale of Glamorgan MP said: "We are a family of nations and the model for Scotland isn't necessarily the right model for Wales. | |
| "We don't have to be hamstrung by the model that is going to fit Scotland. | |
| "Therefore the solution between the influence of MPs will be different, and that's the detail that needs to be worked through." |