Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 2. Questions to the Leader of the House and Chief Whip – in the Senedd at 2:40 pm on 20 June 2018.

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Photo of Julie James Julie James Labour 2:40, 20 June 2018

Well, no, I don't agree with quite the way he characterises that. I don't think there is a silver bullet. Permitted development rights after the consultation may well be one thing in an armoury of things that we need to bring to bear on some of the really poor provision that we have, and, bear in mind, this isn't a devolved issue here. And I reiterate a conversation Russell George and I have had on a number of different occasions. There is a real issue here with treating something that is effectively infrastructure as if it's a luxury product that is at the mercy of the market. He and I have a real political disagreement about the way forward for this. But, in the end, it's not devolved to us, would that it were, or I would be doing a number of things that I think would improve the situation for users of the networks much better in Wales than just allowing the commercial interests of the operators to take the reins.