Responding to the final report by the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales, Wales Green Party leader Anthony Slaughter said:
“At a time of multiple crises, inequality, climate and energy, the status quo is clearly failing the people of Wales. The report rightly highlights the urgent need for changes to the current devolution settlement, in particular the need to fully devolve justice, policing and rail infrastructure. These are all longstanding Green Party policies.
“Greens believe that independence is not just viable, as the report says, but essential to building the fairer, greener future for Wales that we know is possible.
“Independence is the opportunity to truly give power to the people of Wales, enabling us to shape our own future while working closely with our neighbours and other small nations to face our joint challenges and opportunities.
“The report is a valuable and important contribution to the ongoing discussion on the future of Wales. Work must continue at pace to involve all of our diverse communities in shaping our common future. As a nation with outrageous levels of poverty and increasingly facing the challenges of the climate and nature crises, doing nothing is not an option. Westminster isn’t working. Wales deserves better.”
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