Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Counsel General – in the Senedd at 2:27 pm on 22 March 2017.
Thank you, Counsel General. You are slightly better on the supplementaries as well. So, I’ll see if I can tempt you. Since I tabled this question, there’s been a very important report from the Justice Committee of the House of Commons, which has a specific recommendation with regard to the work of the Court of Justice of the European Union following Brexit. It says very clearly that the Justice Committee recommends a continuing role for the Court of Justice of the European Union as a price worth paying to maintain the effective cross-border tools of justice.’
Of course, this question relates to environmental justice and unlawful emissions. Can I ask, therefore, the Counsel General, first of all: does he welcome that report from the Justice Committee and see a continuing role for the court of justice as we leave the European Union to maintain those cross-border justice relationships? Can I secondly ask him what his advice would be as the Counsel General and the premier law officer in Wales to a Welsh citizen who is frustrated with the fact that Aberthaw power station continues to pump out illegal emissions, despite the European court having found the UK Government was in contravention back in last September?