Diolch, acting Presiding Officer. This is the third time we have debated a sovereign Wales in just over two years. It took 19 years to get the first debate, so we're making progress—we're making progress.

I'm really proud of Wales, I'm really proud of what we've achieved, and I'm even prouder when we go on to achieve more things when we have the powers. I support an old-fashioned concept, and it's called democracy. Decisions for Wales should be made in Wales.

I can't say that the Welsh Government has done a particularly good job over the last 21 years. It's not surprising, because we've had one-party rule, propped up by Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats, so I would agree with statements that we've not done well over the last 21 years. But we have to differentiate the institution and the political cartel that is running devolution and the Senedd at the moment. In a healthy democracy, Governments change, and I think that it will be a sign of political maturity in Wales when Wales is governed by a different party.

I also believe that in a healthy democracy people should directly have the opportunity to make the laws that govern them, and that's why I've put amendment 8. Introducing modern direct democracy is a key initiative of the Welsh National Party. It's something that many countries have, such as Switzerland, and rather than just having a vote once every five years and letting your Government take every decision for you, modern direct democracy means that people can take decisions for themselves. If enough signatures can be secured, then a local or a national referendum could take place that would be binding. It's government by the people.

As a member of the Petitions Committee, I've seen first-hand how, when given the opportunity, the public put forward insightful proposals. But, at present, they can only secure a debate in the Chamber by securing 5,000 signatures. I think that maybe if 100,000 signatures are secured, then they should be able to have a referendum, and I trust the people of Wales to do that and improve our democracy. Things like local development plans should be voted upon. If a corporation wants to put an incinerator in your community, the community should have a vote on it to decide whether or not things happen.

We also need a constitution and a bill of rights to ensure that minorities in our country are protected, along with the rights of individuals, and that's why I've introduced amendment 7. I've called for a Welsh constitution and a bill of rights.

The UK famously has no written constitution, but I think one is badly needed, and we can take the lead here by introducing one for ourselves in Wales. I'd like to see that happen with a national convention set up, with a citizens' assembly tasked with drawing up a constitution and a bill of rights before they're voted upon by the public. I see a constitution as a really, really positive thing, because people can look at—. Well, we can discuss, first of all, as a country, and we can say, 'What is Wales? What are we? Where are we going?' Guaranteed freedom of expression, a guaranteed right to a home, a right to a free education. These are all the kinds of things that we could discuss in a constitution, and then we could say, 'Right, that is us. That is Wales. If you come to Wales, you sign up to the constitution and you are Welsh.' That's something that the Welsh National Party is really keen to take forward.

I put the amendments because I want to see Wales move forward as a democracy, and we want to put the sovereign power back in the hands of the people who live in Wales, in an individual sense, in a community sense, and in a national sense as well. So, I'd ask everyone here to support two, I would say, fairly sensible amendments to the overall motion, which I will be supporting. Diolch yn fawr.