The Welsh Criminal Justice System: On the Jagged Edge

Early day motion 518, tabled 31 October 2022 by Liz Saville-Roberts (Plaid Cymru). Signed by 6 members.

That this House celebrates the publication of The Welsh Criminal Justice System: On the Jagged Edge by Dr Robert Jones and Professor Richard Wyn Jones by University of Wales Press; notes that this is a ground-breaking and substantive academic engagement with the Welsh Criminal Justice system as a distinct entity; highlights the book’s importance in providing much needed insight and analysis on outcomes in the Welsh system which have often been overlooked; further notes the system’s current structural problems such as the lack of disaggregated justice data for Wales and the divided competencies between devolved support services and the reserved criminal justice system act as brakes on public understanding and the smooth functioning of the system; and reiterates the book’s conclusion that justice should be devolved as a means to end the jagged edge of justice in Wales and to bring about wider transformational change.

Signatures by party: Plaid Cymru 3, DUP 1, Labour 1, Scottish National Party 1.