Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:51 pm on 8 June 2022.
Thank you for that question. I fear that's a question to be asked of the UK Government in Westminster rather than myself, I'm afraid.
This Government needs to ground itself in reality. Even though a 50-year-old report, as mentioned yesterday, may have recommended two to three Members per parliamentary constituency, that doesn't mean it is right. It doesn't mean it was right then, and it certainly doesn't mean it is right now. My fellow Member Alun Davies remarked yesterday, and today in this Chamber, that Conservatives were not interested in Welsh democracy. May I remind the Member that under a Conservative Government the Minister for Welsh Affairs was created, the Minister of State for Wales was created, the Welsh Grand Committee of the House of Commons was created, the Select Committee on Welsh Affairs was created, and the historic Welsh Language Act 1993 was created? Indeed—