I was interested by Hannah’s question and I had a look at the case, which I kind of had heard of from years ago. I think it used to be known as the Shrewsbury 2, rather than 24, but I gather it’s the same case. When I tried to put it into a political context, the conclusion I came to was that tougher trade union restrictions on issues like flying pickets weren’t introduced until later. So, as there were no tough regulations on picketing in 1972, it is possible that the Government did use rather arcane laws on conspiracy to prosecute some or perhaps all of the 24. So, there may be a possible injustice. Certainly, the files relating to the case should be put in the public domain.

The only problem I wanted to flag up with you, Counsel General, was one of public funds, because although it is obviously a matter of concern to Hannah Blythyn because it relates to some of her constituents, which I perfectly acknowledge, we do have to recognise that legal fees can escalate in these sort of matters. So, I just hope that if the Welsh Government did get involved we could at some point have some estimate of the likely legal fees incurred to the Welsh taxpayer.