5. Motion under Standing Order 26.91 seeking the Assembly's agreement to introduce a Member Bill on Older People's Rights

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:57 pm on 23 January 2019.

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Photo of Huw Irranca-Davies Huw Irranca-Davies Labour 3:57, 23 January 2019

I thank you, Darren, for taking the intervention. You make a very good point, and I agree with that absolutely. We don't know how the vote is going to go today, but could I ask him: if the vote was going—. If his proposal for a Bill isn't taken forward—and based on the offer to take forward not only what is within the spirit and the intent and the detail of his proposal, but also the wider rights agenda—would he, I ask in all reasonableness, be willing then to work with the Minister, with the Government, in order to accomplish that? Because I do actually see the bigger prize as well here. Whether it's on disabled persons' rights, older people's rights, children's rights—there's a huge agenda here going forward. I think that the Government probably—and the Minister has signalled—would welcome your involvement in taking that forward: a different means to the same ends.