5. Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Codes of Welsh law: A programme to improve the accessibility of Welsh law

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:23 pm on 21 September 2021.

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Photo of Rhys ab Owen Rhys ab Owen Plaid Cymru 4:23, 21 September 2021

(Translated)

It complicates the situation further that the laws that are made in this Senedd, and laws made in Westminster, extend to Wales and England, even though the laws only relate to England perhaps. They're part of the same legal system even though perhaps they only apply to Wales or perhaps they only apply to England. Isn't the obvious answer to this complex problem to create a Welsh law when the law applies to Wales, and an English law when the law applies only to England? That would show very clearly to everyone, the practitioners, the public and the politicians, the differences between Welsh law and English law.