Questions Without Notice from the Party Leaders

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:49 pm on 22 May 2018.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 1:49, 22 May 2018

Well, I know. Yes, I know it's the case. And the reality is—[Interruption.] The reality is that we are recipients of transfers of money through the benefits system because of our membership of the UK. If she wants to make the case to the people of Wales that we should be independent, and therefore have less money than we do now, less money to pay benefits, less money to support jobs, less money for the health service, less money for education, let her make the case. That's what her party exists for. For me, I am a devolutionist. I believe the people of Wales deserve a strong voice, but we also have to make sure we are part of the social union of the UK that provides so many benefits to so many of our people. And what would make it even better is the election of a Labour Government in Westminster.