Group 1: Social Partnership Council (SPC): pursuit of well-being goals (Amendment 45)

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:35 pm on 7 March 2023.

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Photo of Jane Dodds Jane Dodds Liberal Democrat 5:35, 7 March 2023

Thank you very much. I'm grateful to Alun Davies for that intervention. It sounds as if you're almost about to support it. I'll be interested to see—[Interruption.] I'll be interested to see whether you will vote for it, or at least abstain, because this is such an important, fundamental issue, and that's why I want it on the Bill. I don't want it to slip from our attention. I don't want it to come back. We live in a world where there are so many human rights abuses. This is an opportunity for Wales to put its stamp on a piece of legislation that says, 'We will not tolerate human rights abuses. We will not tolerate trade with nations that infringe the rights of women, that infringe the rights of minorities.' That's why I want this on the face of the Bill, and I would appeal to anybody who's having second thoughts, perhaps about how they're being told to vote, to consider—to consider—at least abstaining, because that would really make a difference to this Bill and to Wales's position in the world. Diolch yn fawr iawn.