1. 1. Nomination of First Minister under Standing Order 8: Continued

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 1:59 pm on 18 May 2016.

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Photo of Mr Neil Hamilton Mr Neil Hamilton UKIP 1:59, 18 May 2016

The deal that has been done insofar as we can divine the details from press releases is the greatest non-event in this country since the millennium bug. And, it’s a shame that Leighton Andrews isn’t here today to participate in this debate, because he got into some hot water in the last Assembly for referring to a ‘cheap date’ with Plaid Cymru. When you look at the list of demands or achievements that Plaid have managed to extort from Labour, then I’m afraid to say that Leanne Wood has proved to be a very cheap date indeed—[Assembly Members: ‘Oh.’]—because the power she had in her hands, with assistance both from the Conservative group and from the UKIP group, has actually not been used to its full potential, and she could have got so much more from them.

So, in the course of the next five years, UKIP will play, as I’ve said, a very constructive part in debate. I’m so sorry that Plaid Cymru take a bigoted approach to seven Assembly Members who have come here not to make posturing remarks—