(Translated) What assessment has the Counsel General made of whether the new inter-governmental arrangements proposed by the Review of Intergovernmental Relations will be sufficiently open to scrutiny?

The published arrangements agreed as part of the Review set out clear structures for intergovernmental working, supporting scrutiny by the respective legislatures in turn. All governments must continue to embed these arrangements not just in words, but also in practice.

(Translated) What legal advice has the Counsel General provided to the Welsh Government regarding the legal and constitutional status of designated Members?

The Co-operation Agreement is a political agreement. As set out in the Mechanisms document, while Welsh Ministers and Plaid Cymru’s designated members will, at the political level, jointly agree matters within scope of the Agreement, the formal and legal responsibility for those decisions rests with Welsh Ministers.

(Translated) What assessment has the Counsel General made of the impact on Welsh residents following the UK Government's final response to the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid?

Clearly, we need to work through all of the content of this 300-page response. However, the fact that the Law Society is now warning prospective new entrants that they will be unable to make a reasonable living from criminal defence work is a damning indictment of the state we are in.