Tackling Hate Crime

Part of 2. Questions to the Leader of the House and Chief Whip – in the Senedd at 2:23 pm on 14 November 2018.

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Photo of Julie James Julie James Labour 2:23, 14 November 2018

I completely agree with Dawn Bowden when she raises this very important point. Yesterday, I had the privilege of addressing the multifaith forum meeting over in the Pierhead, and they were about to do a walk through of all of the various faith communities of Cardiff. Unfortunately, due to Plenary commitments, I couldn't join them, but that was all about stressing the need for individual responsibility, individual action—the importance of each individual's actions in the sum of the whole in terms of our culture, and I really endorse that absolutely. 

Here in Wales, we want as leaders to represent all of the communities that we represent fairly, openly, with honesty and respect, because all of our communities deserve that. And it is a fundamental point that the way that we talk about each other and to each other very much matters in the ethos that we set here in Wales.