Member

Whatever the composition of our new Senedd, I hope that the increase in Members will mean a return to the surefootedness of earlier years, when the National Assembly, as it was then, dealt efficiently and competently with EU objective 1 funding. Our enlarged new Senedd will have the confidence to carry out an increased number of functions, including the devolved Welsh functions of the Crown Estate commissioners. Many of us will continue to press for the devolution of further powers to Welsh Ministers, including the devolution of justice. Over 25 years we were told that devolution is a process, not an event. I hope those words come to fruition.