Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:46 pm on 8 January 2020.
The debate started with Rhianon Passmore focusing on the question of whether we have the power. I mean, when Rhodri Morgan decided that the Welsh Government was going to top up the child trust fund, I didn't see much discussion or soul searching then; it was the right thing to do and if you didn't have the power, you went and asked for it. And that's the Calman attitude now. And I think that you're behind the curve here a little bit, Rhianon, even within your own party, because I think John Griffiths reflected the evolution of thinking on the Labour Party side of this question. The fact that the Government has decided to hold back its response to the recommendations of the committee reports that relate to the devolution of welfare, because they want to actually get the response of the Wales Centre for Public Policy, I think reflects the fact that there is a change of thinking.