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Originally Posted by Chris
Headlines are never a good guide to the facts. Believe me, I know. 
That said, when both Grauniad articles linked in this thread are read together, the one thing that is clear is that the Grauniad hasn't got a clue whether these powers of consent are ever actually used, or if they amount to a formality, i.e. consent must be sought, but consent is never withheld. |
From my reading it's clear they do not know if he was sought concessions to the bills in order to provide consent. However I think the story is that he would need to provide consent in the first place, as far as I was aware there was only Royal assent which was automatically granted to every bill that made it to that stage.