Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services – in the Senedd at 2:27 pm on 9 May 2018.
The Member's written to me on these matters and I've replied to him. I am absolutely clear, and I hope I was clear when I met you to discuss these matters at the end of last month, that as far as this Government is concerned, we will not be giving consent for that land to be sold to construct a superprison on Baglan Moors. We've been very, very clear on that, and I repeat that clarity this afternoon. What I want to see is a wholly different approach to justice, and I hope that both the Secretary of State and Ministers in the Ministry of Justice in the United Kingdom Government will engage with us in a more meaningful way to ensure that we can have a holistic approach to the criminal justice system in Wales, where Governments can work together for the benefit of people in Wales, and we can move away from the current structures that are not fit for purpose. The settlement we have, in my view, for the devolution of criminal justice is not one that is either fit for purpose or works, or that delivers the criminal justice system that we wish to have in Wales.