Carwyn Jones: I'm grateful to the Member. It will surprise him, no doubt, that I'm about to agree with him, as somebody who worked in the criminal justice system for a long time. When I was in practice in the early 1990s towards 2000, we used to look at other countries where people had no access to legal advice and be appalled that they would be representing themselves in quite serious matters in court...
Carwyn Jones: Then, why—[Inaudible.]—for English?
Carwyn Jones: Will you take an intervention?
Carwyn Jones: On a point of order—
Carwyn Jones: Well, all I can say—[Interruption.]
Carwyn Jones: Diolch, Llwydd. [Interruption.] The Member has just walked in; perhaps he should do the job he's paid for and actually be in this Chamber from the very start if he wants to take part in this debate, rather than sitting there grumbling like some kind of embarrassing elderly relative. But let me take, first of all, what Gareth Bennett has said. All I can say to him is: the Lord Chief Justice of...
Carwyn Jones: I'm grateful for you giving way. Just two points: firstly, nations have parliaments. If Wales did not have any kind of democratic institution such as this but Scotland did, Northern Ireland did and there was one in Westminster, we would not be a nation, we would effectively be in a position where we were actually less important than Manchester or London, who have democratic institutions....
Carwyn Jones: Llywydd, I wasn't planning to speak, but having listened to the contributions I thought that I should. One of the issues that is never addressed by those people who want to see abolition is what it means for the rest of the UK, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and why it is that Wales, apparently alone, should not have its own voice. Why is it that Wales alone—compare us to Scotland, Northern...
Carwyn Jones: I am grateful to the Member for giving way. I was at a briefing with Cardiff Airport this morning, as was his colleague Russell George, and it was clear that Cardiff Airport receives no revenue subsidy. It's had loans on a commercial basis from the Welsh Government, a very small amount of money, especially given the fact that Bristol Airport has loans that tally up more than £500 million.
Carwyn Jones: I'm grateful to my colleague, Alun Davies. Does he share my bewilderment at the argument that, because crime is cross-border between England and Wales, as if that was a unique situation, it means that the larger country must therefore control the policing of the smaller country as well? Does that not mean that, sensibly then, the Republic of Ireland should be controlling policing across the...
Carwyn Jones: I'm grateful. Two brief point. First of all, just to remind you of course that the Conservative mayor of Tees valley has indeed bought Teeside airport and branded it as an airport for the people. I wonder how that fits with his argument. Secondly, just as a matter of information, what I said when I was formerly First Minister—I'm not now—is that in time there was scope to sell off shares...
Carwyn Jones: 4. First Minister, what assessment has the Welsh Government made of the impact of the coronavirus in Wales? OAQ55255
Carwyn Jones: I thank the First Minister for that answer. The statement this morning from the Welsh Government was very welcome as far as business was concerned. If I were a business, First Minister, where would I go looking? Who would I speak to, in order to access the package of support that was announced this morning?
Carwyn Jones: Will the First Minister provide an update on the effect of coronavirus on this year's school examinations in Wales?
Carwyn Jones: First Minister, can I first of all thank you for your efforts and your Ministers and, indeed, your officials over the course of the last few weeks, and also extend that thanks to those in Government outside Wales as well? It's a hugely difficult situation. The Prime Minister, I'm sure, has our best wishes, and my old friend and colleague Alun Davies has already been mentioned, and I add to...
Carwyn Jones: I apologise for the technical issue that prevented me from joining when I should have done. That's been resolved now, as you can see. First Minister, do you share my despair sometimes that there are still some people who think that, for Wales, we should always compare ourselves with England? Some 20 years ago, I saw correspondence from the then chief medical officer warning of the dangers of...
Carwyn Jones: First Minister, Animal Farm has been mentioned, and I'm sure that Mark Reckless was doing a good impression there of being the Boxer to Nigel Farage's Napoleon. I do hope, of course, he doesn't end up being taken away, and nor would I want him to. The Snowball figure, perhaps, is Daniel Kawczynski, isn't he—the Conservative MP for Shrewsbury who, in answer to not being able to go to the...
Carwyn Jones: I am coming to it. I know I'm trying your patience, Llywydd. Can I thank the First Minister for providing the clarity again about angling? At the moment, it's not good weather for angling, I have to say—
Carwyn Jones: I was simply going to say: can I thank the First Minister for the clarity he's provided with regard to golf and angling particularly and, of course, the clarity he's provided for the whole of the last few weeks in contrast to what we've seen sometimes over the border in England?
Carwyn Jones: [Inaudible.]—Can you hear me now?
