<p>The First Ministers of the UK’s Devolved Nations</p>

Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:29 pm on 21 June 2016.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 2:29, 21 June 2016

I appreciate that, of course, and these are issues that we are examining. He asked particularly about the British-Irish Council; the British-Irish Council doesn’t decide common policy, but it’s a useful place to understand what others are doing. It’s a kind of mini European Commission—it’ll be abolished next week, now, you watch, now I’ve said that. It’s a body where Governments can come together to understand what’s being done in other administrations and learn. We have to see what works in other countries, particularly if they have a similar demographic to ours. So, that’s what the British-Irish Council does, but it was interesting to hear what’s being done in the other countries in terms of improving the rights of carers.