约翰·斯温尼和鲁恩·阿普·伊奥沃思表示，进一步下放权力的决定取决于荷里路德（苏格兰议会）和塞内德（威尔士议会），而非威斯敏斯特。苏格兰和威尔士首席大臣已告知安迪·伯纳姆，地方权力下放的决策完全由各自议会作出，此举是对首相推动将英格兰式地区权力推广至全英的回应。
John Swinney and Rhun ap Iorwerth say devolving power further is up to Holyrood and Senedd – not Westminster Scotland and Wales’s first ministers have told Andy Burnham that decisions on local devolution rest solely with their parliaments, in response to the prime minister’s push to extend English-style regional powers across the UK.
伯纳姆在格拉斯哥与约翰·斯温尼和鲁恩·阿普·伊奥沃思就地方就业及再工业化权力进行讨论后，唐宁街称会谈富有建设性。
After Burnham held discussions in Glasgow with John Swinney and Rhun ap Iorwerth about localised employment and reindustrialisation powers, Downing Street characterised the talks as constructive.