<p>Youth Justice</p>

Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:48 pm on 14 December 2016.

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Photo of Carl Sargeant Carl Sargeant Labour 2:48, 14 December 2016

Indeed, and I’m very familiar with that proposal and the Charlie Taylor review. I met with Dr Phillip Lee MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State only on Monday to talk about the Taylor review. We discussed there the issue around devolution. I think Charlie Taylor got it wrong in his observations. He talked about devolution in an English sense, not recognising that most of the services provided around youth justice are actually devolved already. So, health and social services are all functions of this Government or bodies that are related to this Government. I talked to Phillip Lee, and he was minded—he’s going to come to visit Wales to discuss the issues that are pertinent to us, but I think, ultimately, this should be part of the Wales Bill and should be devolved to us. We are doing a great job in managing young people and their aspirations for the future. It would be wrong to go backwards a step. To be fair to the Under-Secretary of State, he did agree with us in terms of that; he didn’t want to take a retrograde step, he wanted to work with us.