Original sentence: In response the UK Governmment, in its Better Government for Wales White Paper, published on 15 June 2005, proposed a more permissive law-making system for the Welsh Assembly based on the use of Parliamentary Orders in Council.In so doing, the Goverment rejected many of the cross party Richard Commission's recommendations, such as a fully proportional electoral system.Recent polls suggest that a majority of the Welsh supported full legislative powers.. The 2007 Government of Wales Act creates a Welsh Assembly Government as a separate legal entity from 1st May 2007, and not (as at present) a committee of the Assembly.This has attracted criticism from opposition parties and others
Edited sentence: Even though the Commission included a member of all 4 main parties, and reported unanimously in favour of legislative powers the UK government refused.In the White Paper, Better Government for Wales, published on 15 June 2005, the UK Government rejected Richard's recommendation to change the electoral system, whilst proposing a half-way house between the status quo and the National Assembly having full Scottish Parliament-style legislative powers.It is commonly believed that the Bill is a compromise between the pro-devolution Labour AMs and the anti-devolution Welsh Labour MPs, who feared that their number would be culled if the Assembly became a Parliament.Publicly it was stated that the lack of full legislative powers in the Bill was due to lack of support in Wales, although recent polls suggest that a large majority of the Welsh supported full legislative powers.The Act will create a Welsh Assembly Government as a separate legal entity from 1st May 2007, and not (as at present) a committee of the Assembly