Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:48 pm on 7 March 2017.
Carwyn Jones
Labour
1:48,
7 March 2017
It’s not unworkable, but it is unsatisfactory. She and I are in exactly the same position on this. The current legislation was part of a package—there were parts of it we did not like and did not accept, but, nevertheless, it took this Assembly forward when it was viewed as a package. Does it mean there’s unfinished business? Of course. The issue of the jurisdiction is still unfinished; the issue of policing is still unfinished; as is the issue of the fact that air passenger duty is devolved in Scotland but not in Wales for no sensible, logical or rational reason. Yes, undoubtedly, there will be another Wales Bill that will improve on the one that we’ve had recently.
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