Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:28 pm on 25 April 2018.
The motion proposes that the National Assembly for Wales
'Calls on the UK Government to hold a public consultation on the proposed renaming of the Second Severn Crossing.'
Well, what's wrong with that? I can see nothing at all wrong with that, yet we have an amendment from Labour that talks about just abdicating responsibility. It's as my colleague across the Chamber said. 'Oh, it's not our responsibility. It's not us, Guv. It's the UK Government.'
Moving on, the amendment welcomes the local consultations on the renaming of trunk road bridges in Wales. Well, wow—trunk road bridges, when we have the gateway to Wales renamed with no public consultation whatsoever—none. I heard about this and I got in the car and I drove to the Severn bridge and did a video. It's had over 50,000 views, and it kickstarted a campaign. There's a petition. Again, tens of thousands of people have signed it because this matters. This isn't actually about the monarchy. This is about dignity and democracy, and people in Wales having their say. People in this country have had enough—[Interruption.] Simply had enough. It's interesting to be in this Chamber debating this and to look at the conversations going on as I'm speaking. Clearly, this is not a matter of interest for everybody in this Chamber, unfortunately. The sooner that we have individual sovereignty in Wales for our citizens, the better. The sooner we have community sovereignty in Wales, the better, and the sooner we have national sovereignty so that we can stand on our own two feet with dignity and make our own decisions, then so much the better. I'm embarrassed listening to the so-called great left-wing republicans to my right over there. They're going to vote down this motion, I would imagine, because they're whipped by their party, as ever, with Labour. Party first, country second.