Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General – in the Senedd at 2:29 pm on 14 March 2018.
I noted the content of the debate that Jenny Rathbone brought forward in the past few days, and the Member's contribution to that debate in that context. The commission has sought evidence from people in the context of the criminal justice system, and I would urge the Member, and others, to contribute to that. The Cabinet Secretary, in his response to the debate, said how important it was to have a criminal justice system that suited the needs of the people of Wales, and to note the particular needs of prisoners in Wales. The example given was that there wasn't a women's prison in Wales, and that we needed a completely different policy for Wales, rather than the one being followed by the Government in Westminster. So, I hope that there will be developments in that field from that point of view, and certainly from the point of view of prisons, that we need a specific long-term policy for the needs of Wales.