The Commission on Justice in Wales

Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General – in the Senedd at 2:19 pm on 2 May 2018.

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Photo of Bethan Sayed Bethan Sayed Plaid Cymru 2:19, 2 May 2018

(Translated)

Thank you for that response. Could you outline what the Welsh Government has decided are the potential implications of the commission? I understand that work is ongoing at the moment, but do you have any idea of what you expect out of this commission? For example, would you wish to devolve criminal justice in the future, for example? One of the problems, from my point of view is—and I think I've raised this in the past—that, if there were to be devolution of justice to Wales, there would be a situation, if new prisons were built, where prisoners from elsewhere, namely England, would be placed here in Wales. How realistic is it, therefore, to devolve justice if you have one regime in operation for Wales and those other prisoners came from another regime? Have you looked at the implications of the reality of the situation in those terms?