Member

Instead of ideologically clinging on to a centralised England and Wales service and “exploring”, as we understand the Government intend to do, the prospect of devolving probation, this Labour UK Government should just get on with it. Labour in Wales agrees with Plaid Cymru, and it agreed back when the Conservatives were in government, that justice should be devolved in full. When the Conservatives were in government, Labour in Wales pushed for that, but now we have Labour in power at both ends of the M4, we are experiencing a watering down of those ambitions for Wales. What was said before is not being said now, and that is deeply disappointing.