Inter-governmental Relationships

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:44 pm on 16 March 2021.

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Photo of Delyth Jewell Delyth Jewell Plaid Cymru 1:44, 16 March 2021

First Minister, I cannot over-emphasise how deeply I disagree with everything Mark Reckless now stands for. It seems to me that one of the main barriers to good inter-governmental relations between Wales and England is the largely defunct role of Secretary of State for Wales. The incumbent, Simon Hart, has said recently that the Welsh Government should

'stop fretting about their own little status in Cardiff and...look at the bigger picture'.

Would you agree with me that the bigger picture we need to look towards, before we achieve the independence that will empower us, is actually to abolish the role of Welsh Secretary, seeing as his Government and he are so intent on undermining the devolution that the people of Wales have voted for on no less than 14 occasions, through two referendums and delivering pro-devolution majorities in every election since 1997?