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2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: RFA Sir Galahad (29 Mar 2023)

Mick Antoniw: Well, thank you for that supplementary question. I have the great honour each year to attend the memorial event in Ynysangharad park in respect of the Galahad. It's a very moving event, and it's one where I think it is growing year by year as we increasingly recognise, I think, the actual role of armed services personnel and the sacrifices that individuals make, and perhaps events...

2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: RFA Sir Galahad (29 Mar 2023)

Mick Antoniw: Thank you for this particular question. The defence and operational matters fall within the responsibility of the UK Government, however I would urge the UK Government to release all information relating to the inquiry.

2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Equality and Human Rights (29 Mar 2023)

Mick Antoniw: Well, thank you for the supplementary question. Sadly, on so many occasions, we have seen this occurring, and we've had to discuss it and to raise it in this Chamber. We did it in terms of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, which was clearly unlawful, and of course we've seen all the previous incidents that ended up in the Supreme Court, where the unlawfulness of what was happening by the...

2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Equality and Human Rights (29 Mar 2023)

Mick Antoniw: Compliance with international law and human rights conventions is at the heart of everything we do in Wales. We do not see these obligations as optional extras, but consider them fundamental to the functioning of a progressive democracy. As law officer, I consider these obligations very seriously.

2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Constitutional Future of Wales (29 Mar 2023)

Mick Antoniw: Well, thank you for the supplementary question. Can I just say, in terms of the innuendo in the first part of your supplementary question, 'supposedly independent', that the commission is independent? It has representatives from all political strands as well as people of no political strand whatsoever. I think it is completely improper to suggest that it is 'supposedly independent'. It is...

2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Constitutional Future of Wales (29 Mar 2023)

Mick Antoniw: Thank you for your question. The commission is of course independent of Welsh Government and therefore how they engage with the public on their work is a matter for them to determine.

2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (29 Mar 2023)

Mick Antoniw: Can I just say that the points you raise are really important ones in terms of the debates that have taken place, legislatively? To many people, the UK Government's retained EU law Bill sounds like a piece of technical legislation, but it is far more dangerous in reality. It has the potential to scrap many hard-won rights and protections, including, for example, parental leave, but also food...

2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (29 Mar 2023)

Mick Antoniw: Thank you for your question. As currently drafted, the potential impact of the Bill on regulatory standards and protections that the people of Wales currently benefit from, and also on the democratically established devolution settlement, is deeply damaging. We have consistently reiterated our concerns at both an official and ministerial level to the UK Government.

2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Devolution of Justice (29 Mar 2023)

Mick Antoniw: Of course, you conflate two areas there: the role of the Counsel General and, of course, the roles of a justice Minister. Quite often, they are separate functions and those are obviously things that would want to be considered. There is no doubt that further devolution of justice, I believe, will happen, perhaps starting with probation and youth justice. Policing, to a large extent, is almost...

2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Devolution of Justice (29 Mar 2023)

Mick Antoniw: We have a number of projects being established to build our understanding of the practical next steps towards the devolution of the justice functions we believe have a good prospect of being taken forward by a future UK Government. I will update the Senedd on our progress in due course.

2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Welsh Tribunals (29 Mar 2023)

Mick Antoniw: Well, thank you for the supplementary question. The timetable for a White Paper, I would hope, will be imminent. Obviously, it’s up to the First Minister to make statements on the announcement of the legislative programme. Of course, in the 'Delivering Justice' paper, we make very specific reference to tribunal reform, and, of course, the intention of Welsh Government is to legislate within...

2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Welsh Tribunals (29 Mar 2023)

Mick Antoniw: Thank you very much for the question. As I made clear in this place just last week, we have accepted the thrust of the recommendations made by the Law Commission and we are committed to reform. We will publish a White Paper in the coming months and will legislate to make the reforms happen.

2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail (29 Mar 2023)

Mick Antoniw: Well, I think the first thing to say is, of course, Barnett, for all its faults, is a redistributive formula, and we don't want to do away with a redistributive formula; we just want a fairer formula and one that has clear guidelines and rules as to how it should operate. It cannot be something that is subject to the political whims of a particular Government at any particular time. So, I...

2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail (29 Mar 2023)

Mick Antoniw: Well, I totally agree with the last point that the Member has made. I'm sure he's probably not surprised to hear me say that. Wales is due £5 billion as a result of HS2. Wales is due a further £1 billion as a result of Northern Powerhouse Rail. So, to suggest that these English projects benefit Wales is a complete nonsense. The money would be transformational for Wales's transport network....

2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail (29 Mar 2023)

Mick Antoniw: Well, I echo the comments of both the First Minister and the Deputy Minister for Climate Change that the UK Government should not fund the Northern Powerhouse Rail in the same way as HS2. Northern Powerhouse Rail should be classified as an England-only project, with Wales receiving a population share of this funding.

2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Illegal Migration Bill (29 Mar 2023)

Mick Antoniw: Thank you for the question, and, again, I endorse the comments that were made by my colleague the Minister for Social Justice on this specifically earlier. The UK Government provided the draft Bill to Welsh Government on 6 March 2023, the afternoon before it was introduced in the House of Commons. Disappointingly, no prior notification was given of the Bill's content. I can probably best...

2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Illegal Migration Bill (29 Mar 2023)

Mick Antoniw: Thank you for the question. The Welsh Government has been very clear in its opposition to this cruel and unjust Bill. We will continue to use all available avenues to object to this Bill and in particular the impact it will have on modern slavery and human rights protection.

2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople (29 Mar 2023)

Mick Antoniw: Thank you for that. We are meant to have some sort of Senedd brake in terms of the Sewel convention, but it's not a very effective brake and it doesn't have any judicable status. I'm afraid I can probably only really take the questions you raised by, to some extent, just enlarging on some of the points I made earlier. That is, at the moment, we're still trying to have to assess how this would...

2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople (29 Mar 2023)

Mick Antoniw: Can I say that most of the discussions that are taking place in respect of those trade aspects are discussions that have taken place with the Minister for Economy? Of course, I have an overall interest in terms of the operation of the frameworks. At the moment, it's still too early to be precise or to be clear how they will work. It is something that is under review. There may well be issues...

2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople (29 Mar 2023)

Mick Antoniw: Well, the biggest concern that we have in terms of the issue on frameworks is not actually to do with the Windsor agreement. The Windsor agreement is something that, I think, as a Government, we welcome. We wait to see precisely how it will operate, but anything that facilitates the economic links, the economic trade, and also the re-establishment of the Northern Ireland Government is really...


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