, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Law Council of Wales—matters in relation to justice in Wales
Excellent. Thank you very much. Alun, we'll come to you.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Law Council of Wales—matters in relation to justice in Wales
Diolch yn fawr iawn. Thanks so much for that answer. It takes us into areas that both Rhys and Alun want to explore a little bit further in terms of not only continuing professional development for those within the sector, but also the curriculum and so on…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Law Council of Wales—matters in relation to justice in Wales
Well, can I thank you very much for those opening remarks there? Whilst you say that you're making a cautious start, there also seems to be a level of clarity on what your focus on priorities for the next 12 months or so will be. As well as expressing to us…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Law Council of Wales—matters in relation to justice in Wales
So, with those few words just to open the session this afternoon, we're delighted to have in front of us the representatives from the Law Council of Wales. We have Lord Lloyd-Jones, president of the Law Council of Wales; Professor Emyr Lewis, vice-president…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome to this hybrid meeting of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee. Just some housekeeping reminders, first of all. The meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv and the Record of Proceedings will be published as usual. Now, apart from…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good afternoon and welcome, everyone.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Communities
Very, very brief indeed. I'm trying to seek an answer to the question I posed before: why is it that, when there was Welsh Labour Government here and a UK Labour Government as well, we saw a million children lifted out of poverty? What is it out of that…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Communities
Would the Member acknowledge that, in the 1997 to 2010 Government, with Welsh Labour here and UK Labour at the UK Government, 1 million children were lifted out of absolute poverty—not relative poverty, absolute poverty? Independent figures will show that…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Communities
Would the Member give way?
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Communities
Indeed, I would simply say, Deputy Presiding Officer, oppose the Conservative motion, support the Government motion. The Conservatives are letting our communities down.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Communities
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Our communities, Darren, have now faced a decade of austerity in the vital public realm and cuts to social security, which have eaten into public services across the UK and impoverished already poor people. From the…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Communities
[Inaudible.]—a minute. Sorry, Deputy Llywydd.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Communities
I think he's gone on a little bit now.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Communities
He's taken a minute already.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Communities
I think the intervention—[Inaudible.]
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Communities
It's an intervention.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Communities
The premise of this debate today is a Conservative motion that asserts that the Conservative UK Government is failing local communities, or it should be. My communities are great communities. They've been challenged often over many decades, they've bowed…
, Plenary
Debate: Human Rights
Thank you, Minister, for giving way to a brief intervention. There was a time, and I alluded to this previously, in the aftermath of the second world war, when there was a strong cross-party consensus on not just the importance of human rights, but…
, Plenary
Debate: Human Rights
Well, because it's not only me saying them, Darren. In fact, it's not me—if it was me, I'd dismiss it entirely out of hand; I'm just the Member of Senedd for Ogmore. But, actually, the Equality and Human Rights Commission itself have looked at it, and they…
, Plenary
Debate: Human Rights
I will indeed, Darren.
, Plenary
Debate: Human Rights
Sioned chaired that group this morning, the cross-party group on human rights. It was fascinating, actually, listening to the discussion. And the points that I want to make—normally I'm restrained a little bit, Llywydd, in making these points, because…
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Debate: Human Rights
It's a great pleasure to follow Sioned.
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Debate: Human Rights
[Inaudible.]—withdraw the amendment. [Laughter.]
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Debate: Human Rights
It's simply to say I equally welcome the intervention there. Indeed, Darren has long championed that. If the Welsh Government does proceed in that way, and in the tone of the intervention from Darren, that makes it quite interesting, because we could end up…
, Plenary
Debate: Human Rights
Would the Counsel General give way on that point?
