The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General – in the Senedd at 2:25 pm on 10 January 2018.

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Photo of Jeremy Miles Jeremy Miles Labour 2:25, 10 January 2018

(Translated)

As the Member will know, the devolution settlement for Wales means that the Senedd and the Government of Wales operates within the context of the UK Human Rights Act, and that’s what the Welsh Government wants to see continuing: that the framework that provides fundamental rights for people in Wales continues beyond the period after we have exited the EU, not only through the Human Rights Act, but also, as you heard a moment ago, through the charter that expands on the rights of people in Wales. And that’s what I’d like to see—the Westminster Act being amended to ensure that those continue to be a part of UK legislation as a whole as we exit the EU.