3. Business Statement and Announcement

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:15 pm on 12 January 2021.

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Photo of Rebecca Evans Rebecca Evans Labour 3:15, 12 January 2021

I thank Jenny Rathbone for raising this, this afternoon. I echo absolutely everything that the First Minister was saying regarding Mohamud and the fact that his family is very much in our thoughts today. We do urge that the death is fully investigated, and I think that what Jenny Rathbone has just outlined demonstrates why there is an absolute urgency about that. So, we would ask the services involved to expedite the case and, obviously, then to demonstrate that black lives really do matter.

So, we would be looking to the Independent Office for Police Conduct and those involved in undertaking the postmortem, and all of the other work that needs to go on, to do so as soon as possible to complete their work. But, that important point that Jenny was making about community cohesion and reassurance and so on will be something that the Deputy Minister will be considering how best to respond to.