Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:09 pm on 15 February 2022.
For me, this afternoon encapsulates the problems we have as a Senedd with these legislative consent motions. My colleague Sioned Williams will speak on behalf of Plaid Cymru on the Nationality and Borders Bill, an appalling Bill that will lead to many deaths, part of a package of Bills being passed by the Westminster Government at the moment.
Then, we have the Health and Care Bill, a Bill that the Government here in Wales is consenting to; a Bill, as the committee Chair has said, that will give new powers to UK Government Ministers. The health Minister has called that a minor constitutional risk. That is not a minor risk, in my view, when we look at the Government that we have at the moment in Westminster—a Government that is drawing back powers and taking rights away from people. That is not a minor constitutional risk. The Minister said that if they withdraw from their despatch box commitments,