I think the media has a responsibility to promote positive interaction between people of all backgrounds, of all colours and of all races. I think we need more people involved in the law—more lawyers, more judges—to implement laws that we make here. It would be great to see more people from different backgrounds in those professions. I think we need a Welsh bill of rights to protect minorities in addition to this declaration. 

But we can't just fight racism, because we also have to fight poverty and classism. The limitations and subjugation that poverty brings also prevents people from getting into this Assembly and realising their potential. As the first Welsh-born Assembly Member of colour ever elected to this place, I can tell you that being working class made things just as difficult for me.

I welcome the declaration to eliminate racial discrimination. I hope we can now take that further to other areas of discrimination and bring forward concrete actions. Diolch.