Extract from First Minister's resignation statement exchanges
Andrew RT Davies AM: First Minister, it’s a pleasure to say a
few words in this statement, as you and I have jostled over this
Chamber for nearly seven of the nine years that you’ve served as
First Minister. Much of that debate and the elections that I fought
you under were a fat lot of good to me—[Laughter.]—because you
stayed in that...Request free trial
Extract from First Minister's
resignation statement exchanges
AM: First Minister, it’s a pleasure to
say a few words in this statement, as you and I have
jostled over this Chamber for nearly seven of the nine
years that you’ve served as First Minister. Much of that
debate and the elections that I fought you under were a fat
lot of good to me—[ Laughter.]—because you stayed
in that chair and I stayed on this side. But I well
remember the first time you and I met, and that was when I
was chairman of the National Farmers Union and you came as
our guest speaker at the South Wales Police Social Club at
Waterton. Some 17-odd years on, here we are, standing in
this Chamber in an institution that has transformed itself
into a fully fledged Parliament. And you can take much
credit for that, both from your time as Minister but also
as First Minister. And in your address to us this
afternoon, you did give credit to everyone who’s
participated in that journey on devolution, whilst quite
rightly pointing out the success that you’ve had as First
Minister, and your Governments have had. You, again quite
rightly, pointed out the people who've supported you in
that journey. Because we, as politicians, know that very
often it can be a very lonely journey, and some of the
calls you have to make, especially from a position of
government, are decisions that you as an individual have to
take. And so I pay tribute to your time in Government, and
your time as a Minister, and your time as an Assembly
Member, which, obviously, will continue till 2021...
Extract from Welsh
Assembly: Questions to the Leader of the House
Jack Sargeant AM:
...I'd like to thank the leader of the house for
that answer, and I'm sure that she is aware, like she
has rightly stated, that studies have linked major
sporting events to an increase of reports of domestic
violence, not to mention the violence that also isn't
reported. For example, during the 2002, 2006 and 2010
football World Cups, Lancaster police force recorded a
rise of domestic violence by 38 per cent on the days
when England lost, and I understand this to be the case
in more recent tournaments as well. Similar to
that, South Wales Police have
recorded increased reports when Wales play England at
rugby in Cardiff, and, in recent years, the offences
rose by 79 per cent, compared to the week before...
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