Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:20 pm on 8 June 2016.
Could I thank the Member for her comments? She’s always been a doughty advocate, of course, for votes for 16 and 17-year-olds. That would lie within the power of this Assembly in terms of Assembly elections. In terms of local government elections, my memory of the last Bill, certainly, was that the local government franchise was reserved. Whether that’s been clarified in this Bill I’d have to examine. It’s clear as far as we’re concerned, but it’s not clear as far as local government elections are concerned. I welcome her comments, obviously, on policing. On youth justice, yes, the policy and the system should rest together to my mind and we’ll continue to make that case to the UK Government.