Allocating Security Costs

Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Assembly Commission – in the Senedd at 2:30 pm on 25 October 2017.

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Photo of Mr Simon Thomas Mr Simon Thomas Plaid Cymru 2:30, 25 October 2017

(Translated)

Thank you for that response. As we looked at the Commission’s draft budget, it became apparent that many of the policing security costs are paid through an agreement between the Commission and South Wales Police. Given that policing is non-devolved, and given that we are a legislature within the UK system and that we are not an independent parliament, and given that a number of the challenges that we face emerge from international terrorism—attacks and threats of that kind—is it the Commission’s intention to discuss with the UK Government, and the Home Office specifically, to consider whether or not they should shoulder some of the burden for keeping this Parliament safe for staff, Members and visitors?