5. Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Constitutional Commission

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:59 pm on 19 October 2021.

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Photo of Gareth Davies Gareth Davies Conservative 4:59, 19 October 2021

Thank you for your statement this afternoon, Counsel General. But my biggest and most pertinent question to you is: why now? Our nation is facing multiple crises, massive challenges, and yet here we are once again devoting time to the constitution. This morning, WalesOnline published the results of the 10 biggest issues facing Wales, as voted on by the people of Wales, your paymasters. The constitution was not one of them. How do you answer those who say, 'This shows your Government is out of touch'? Ahead of this statement, we could have been mistaken for thinking that you were referring to the Keir Starmer constitutional commission. What relationship will your commission have with the one set up by the UK Labour Party to try and curb its electoral annihilation in Scotland?

Finally, Counsel General, will the Welsh Government be devoting as much time to fixing our broken care system as it does pandering to the Plaid fringe hankering after an independent Wales—independence that has soundly been rejected by the people of Wales? Diolch yn fawr.