Ceredigion’s Welsh Liberal Democrat MP Mark Williams, has attended a meeting in Westminster, chaired by the Secretary of State for Wales and Preseli Pembs Stephen Crabb MP, to discuss gaining a cross-party agreement on delivering devolution settlement that works for people of Wales.

Representatives of Wales’ main parties, Mark Williams MP on behalf of the Liberal Democrats, Rt Hon Elfyn Llwyd MP on behalf of Plaid Cymru, Owen Smith MP on behalf of Labour, and Conservative Secretary of State Stephen Crabb MP, met at the Wales Office to find “common ground” as the UK prepares for the next wave of devolution in the wake of the Scottish independence referendum result.

The basis of discussion on an agreement for new powers for the Assembly is the second report of the Silk Commission, published earlier this year. The cross-party report recommended that the Assembly switches to a new system in which it can make laws on any subject that have not been specifically “reserved” by Westminster.

Commenting, Mark Williams said, “I think the challenge really is to see how far the work of Silk 2 can be advanced before the next election. The Scottish result, I think, showed that we need to move ahead on these issues; we should move further and faster before the election.”

Mr Williams described his hopes for “home rule within a federal Britain,” saying: “Some of us are certainly looking for a distribution of power not dissimilar to what’s being achieved in Scotland. I think the overwhelming feeling is Wales cannot, and should not be left behind.”

“So much of what has been achieved for devolution in Wales has been the result of one voice. I very much welcome the joint motion of the Assembly party leaders to be debated next week, which has achieved a great deal of consensus. I see our Westminster talks very much in that spirit, and look forward to speaking with my colleagues again at the next meeting.”