Extract from Welsh Assembly Plenary Session: Motion under Standing Order 26.95 that a Bill to be known as the Law Derived from the European Union (Wales) Bill be treated as a Government Emergency Bill - Mar 6

Wednesday, 7 March 2018 07:34

Leanne Wood AM:...Llywydd, I agree with the argument that the emergency procedure could've been avoided but that is now too late. Plaid Cymru would've supported this Bill being introduced much earlier; we wanted that to happen. But introducing the Bill under emergency procedure is better, in our view, than having no Bill at all. At this stage in the EU withdrawal process, there is no convincing argument for sitting back and allowing Westminster to intercept the powers that are already...Request free trial