7. Plaid Cymru Debate: Prisons and Criminal Justice

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:17 pm on 30 January 2019.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of Alun Davies Alun Davies Labour 5:17, 30 January 2019

I'm grateful to you. The evidence was very clear that the Welsh Government proposed to the Thomas commission. It considered the jurisdiction to be a relic of past times and an impediment to the delivery of social justice in this country today. Will you now state unequivocally that you stand by that evidence—the evidence of the Counsel General, the evidence I gave as a Cabinet Secretary, the evidence of the former First Minister? I have to say—I repeat—the amendment from the Government was an error of judgment. We support as a party and as a group the delivery of the devolution of the criminal justice system. I don't understand why the Government seeks to remove that single sentence from the motion this afternoon. Will you state unequivocally that you support the devolution of criminal justice?