Adam Price: Diolch, Llywydd. First Minister, life expectancy in Wales is falling faster than in any other nation in Europe. We're the only country in these islands where child poverty is rising, and in the first three months of this year, we were the only part of the UK where unemployment increased. A month ago, at the Labour Party conference, the general secretary of the Welsh Labour Party said that...
Adam Price: Can I say, then, First Minister, I asked the Minister that is responsible to publish this study. You, as First Minister, are responsible for the Government as a whole, but I'm asking you again now: will you publish that study, because I think the public have a right to know? I can also tell you, First Minister, I'm in possession of a number of letters from companies within the food sector all...
Adam Price: I can confirm that the cold storage sector in Wales is full to capacity—it has been, I believe, for some months, and, First Minister, you should be aware of this yourself because your own Government, prompted by concerns within the sector, commissioned a study before Christmas into cold storage capacity in Wales that was completed in January. Now, why have you refused to publish that study,...
Adam Price: Diolch, Llywydd. First Minister, a month ago you told the BBC that in the event of a crash-out Brexit, there would be food products that would not be available to the public in supermarkets. You said you didn't believe that this would lead to food shortages to individuals, but that the economic impact would be devastating to the food sector, particularly to businesses relying on fresh...
Adam Price: Now, as we know, the British Labour Party national executive committee is meeting now to decide their policy on a second referendum. Now, I know you either don't know or won't say how your nominee on the executive is going to vote, and I must admit, having just watched Mick Antoniw interviewed by the BBC, I'm none the wiser either. My question is simply this: what is the current policy of...
Adam Price: First Minister, yesterday, your Government declared a climate emergency, which we on this side obviously welcome and which we hope the Senedd will endorse through our motion tomorrow. Most people will be reasonably of the view that yesterday's announcement will be incompatible with any subsequent decision to plough ahead with the environmentally destructive M4 black route. Can you confirm...
Adam Price: In going through the various levels of responsibility in this case a moment ago, there was one level that you failed to mention, namely the ministerial level, the governmental level—the level that you're responsible for. Nobody has resigned as a result of these damning failings in maternity services in Cwm Taf, and yet, surely somebody has to take responsibility, and it's Ministers who do...
Adam Price: I welcome what the First Minister has just said, and I urge him now to carry that message on revocation as a final means of avoiding catastrophe, and also to urge the deputy leader of the party in Wales here to vote for the second referendum, because, as we both accept, the consequences of inaction at this stage of abstention are really too horrendous for us to contemplate. Can I turn to...
Adam Price: I note the First Minister didn't respond to my specific question, and I know that it's become normal, of late, for leaders and deputy leaders in the Labour Party to have diametrically opposed views, but I wasn't aware up until now that that malaise now seems to be infecting the Labour Party in Wales. I interpret the fact that he didn't answer that he doesn't have full confidence in the deputy...
Adam Price: Diolch Llywydd. Last night, the House of Commons rejected the idea of a confirmatory referendum as a means of unbreaking the parliamentary logjam by just 12 votes. Does the First Minister join with me in regretting the fact that 24 Labour MPs voted against? Had they voted in line, of course, with Labour Party policy and indeed the Labour whip last night, it would have given a clear majority...
Adam Price: I was using the collective.
Adam Price: Look, it's because of that deception that we now have an imperative to be honest with people about the consequences of the choices that are being made tonight. I can see why the shadow trade Secretary this morning said that Labour was not a remain party; that Labour would not support the revoke amendments, et cetera, but now is not the time to be politically expedient or to be equivocal. We...
Adam Price: Look, the point is this, okay? The case that was put in front of the people was a cynical act of moral deception, right? You lied; you lied to people, and that's been made clear. I'm not going to take—
Adam Price: I'm not going to take—
Adam Price: Diolch, Llywydd. There's a temptation, as our fate is being decided tonight in that other Parliament by a series of pink slips—there's a redundancy metaphor there that I could develop—[Laughter.]—for us to hold our breath, but even as Westminster collapses into cacophony, we need to struggle even further to make our voices heard. Sixty years ago, a former Conservative Prime Minister...
Adam Price: Will the Member give way?
Adam Price: Look, your motion actually says that you are against handing powers from national parliaments to unelected institutions, but the policy that you've just adopted is about taking power from this national Parliament and giving it to Westminster, half of which are unelected members. So, the real nationalism that is at the heart of your motion is actually made clear. It's British nationalism.
Adam Price: The Trefnydd has said that the Government thanks the court for the clarity that it's now offering, but that statement—to me, at least—seems a little unclear, so can she say unequivocally whether the Government accepts the findings of the court in full, and therefore is waiving any right to appeal that it has? And if you could also clarify, because in the decision it refers to submissions...
Adam Price: I have to say, First Minister, members of the Labour Party will be looking on with despair at what you've just said. I was standing in solidarity—[Interruption.] I was standing in solidarity with members of the Labour Party because, on certain issues, we should put aside our party differences. Yes, the people's vote is my party's policy; it's your party's policy too. Why are you and the...
Adam Price: First Minister, turning to the historic debates under way at Westminster this week on the future relationship with the European Union, I'm sure you'll want to join with me in doing all we can to give voice to the interests of Wales. However, at a meeting of the external affairs committee yesterday, you were unwilling to say which of the options that will be debated on the floor of the Commons...
