Questions Without Notice from the Party Leaders

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:52 pm on 10 May 2022.

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Photo of Adam Price Adam Price Plaid Cymru 1:52, 10 May 2022

Of course, the Conservative Party, predictably once again, are saying that the people of Wales don't want any more politicians. They're almost right, of course, because what the people of Wales don't want is any more Tory politicians, as we saw clearly demonstrated on Thursday. You and I, First Minister—[Interruption]. You and I, First Minister—[Interruption]. You and I, First Minister, have a different vision for the constitutional future of Wales. Now, what we are trying to build here, of course, is not a—. What we're trying to build here, of course, is not a stepping stone to any one future for Wales, not a half-way house, but a firm foundation upon which the people of Wales can decide their own future—a futureproofed democracy, ready for more powers fit for the twenty-first century. And isn't that the central question—whether this Senedd should just be a mere symbol of our democracy, or should it be a Parliament with the powers, the time, the skills, the tools and the personnel to do the job that the people of Wales have asked us to do, not just in one referendum, but in two, and in every election that each one of us have stood in in the intervening period?