Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:28 pm on 9 March 2022.
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'm very pleased to see this cross-party element in this debate. A number of Conservatives have decided to contribute, perhaps it's the title 'taking back control' that attracted them to join in. But I'm giving a minute of my time to Peredur Owen Griffiths, to Mabon ap Gwynfor, Carolyn Thomas, Joel James, the two Samuels—Kurtz and Rowlands—and to Tom Giffard. That's one way of getting me to speak less: to give a minute of my time. [Laughter.]
A recent report by the Institute of Welsh Affairs emphasised that Wales has the poorest land and community rights in the United Kingdom. Local communities face difficult battles in their efforts to buy local assets for their communities, to serve their communities, indeed, be they pubs, churches or chapels, or woodland and green spaces.