Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for European Transition (in respect of his law officer responsibilities) – in the Senedd at 2:55 pm on 20 October 2020.
I'm grateful to the Counsel General for his clear explanation of that vision. It's one, he won't be surprised to know, that I share. I hope, in the conversations that he's having with the United Kingdom Government and with the Lord Chancellor, that they will emphasise the outcomes that we've seen during this last year in the way that the coronavirus has affected Welsh prisons, that we've not seen the ability to provide a holistic approach to the treatment of people, both in terms of their time in the secure estate and also of how people are released back into the community. The failure of probation services is, of course, the obvious example of that. In coming to his conclusions, I hope that the Lord Chancellor will recognise that what is important is what is important for the people of Wales and not what is important for the Lord Chancellor.