11. Short Debate: Action for Kinder Politics: A route-map for creating kinder communities across Wales

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:24 pm on 3 July 2019.

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Photo of Jack Sargeant Jack Sargeant Labour 6:24, 3 July 2019

Diolch, Deputy Llywydd. To start, I would like to offer a minute of my time today to a colleague from across the benches, Darren Millar.

Deputy Llywydd, I'm delighted to lead this short debate on the topic I have chosen—action for kinder politics: a route-map for creating kinder communities across Wales. In September last year I was very pleased to lead my first short debate in the Senedd Chamber, specifically on kindness in our political debate, and since then we have seen references to kinder politics in this Chamber from Members from across political parties, and, of course, the Deputy Presiding Officer herself. Now, that is very, very good to see. However, there is still more to do. We have to turn words into action because we all know—even today, even in this very Chamber—there is still evidence of the type of politics that we do not want to see, and we also see this in our wider political debate, often over social media.