Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services – in the Senedd at 2:29 pm on 9 May 2018.
I understand the point that the Member seeks to make and her wish for clarity. I'd hoped that I'd given that clarity. This Government will not be taking forward the development that has been proposed. Well, we haven't actually received a proposal from the Ministry of Justice on it, I'm aware of that, for Baglan Moors. We do not support the development of a superprison in Baglan Moors or anywhere else in south Wales, or north Wales, or mid Wales, or west Wales. What we want to see is a different sort of justice policy. I had anticipated some support from benches opposite for an approach to criminal justice that is rooted in locality, in family, in rehabilitation, in training, in support, in community. And I would have hoped that all politicians, whatever their colours in this Chamber, would support us in seeking to take forward such an approach to criminal justice policy.