THE level of debate at the Welsh Assembly recently came in for some serious criticism from David Jones MP. Secretary of State for Wales.

I had some sympathy with his views, as most debates appear to lack bite and are too friendly and informal. However, after following the whole debate live on ‘Presumed Consent’ yesterday, I was extremely pleased and surprised at the quality of debate, questions, answers, amendments and how well researched many of our AMs were on this very complicated and controversial Bill.
In a debate that lasted many hours, I found that AMs from all parties had obviously done their homework and were extremely well briefed in putting forward options, amendments, responses and fine tuning the Bill before they voted overwhelming in favour of presumed consent.
This was probably the longest and most detailed debate to have taken place in the history of our Senedd and proved to be a historic day for Wales and our National Assembly. It showed that given the right tools to do the job, it has developed enough credibility and maturity to move Wales forward and shine a light for others to follow.
Allan Pritchard
Penrhiw Terrace Oakdale