14/01/2017 BBC Wales Today

The UK's immigration policy has been unresponsive to Wales' needs

according to a former Shadow Immigration minister.

The Labour MP for the Rhondda, Chris Bryant, says the UK Government

should be awake to pressures in the devolved nations.

It says it's building an immigration system that works for everyone

Should Wales be in charge of its own borders?

Last week a group of MPs suggested immigration should

be partially devolved, sparking a lively debate.

Carmarthenshire has attracted thousands of migrant

Dozens have been employed by manufacturing firm

But the managing director isn't for devolving immigration.

The reality of it I think is an extremely complicated issue

and I don't think that Welsh government have the resource

or the knowledge to even cope with such responsibility.

The counter argument is that ministers in Cardiff are best placed

to understand what kind of immigration Wales needs

to boost its economy and improve services.

Recruiting GPs is an issue for communities across Wales,

so would devolving some control over immigration make it easier

If we had power over that then we could be more

responsive and responsiveness is what is required

The UK government and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn have said devolving

some control over immigration would be too complicated.

Former shadow minister for immigration Chris Bryant is also

opposed to the idea but believes the current system must

The UK government should be awake to the fact that in different parts

of the United Kingdom there are different pressures

In particular in relation to the NHS.

If South Wales feels that it has a shortage of orthopaedic surgeons,

then they should be able to say, "Excuse me, Mr government

minister or Mrs government minister in Westminster,

we need you to allow us to move quickly on this."

And I'm absolutely certain that hasn't been the case.

The UK government says its priority is to build an immigration system

You can see more on this story on Sunday Politics Wales

here on BBC One Wales from 11.40 tomorrow.

A Plaid Cymru MP has criticised Labour colleagues on a Commons

committee for not insisting the devolved nations be given a say

Carmarthen East and Dinefwr MP Jonathan Edwards says the Labour MPs

on the Exiting the EU committee, which has just published its first

report, have effectively gagged their colleagues in Cardiff

The Welsh Government says it's involved in ongoing discussions

The Severn crossings could be made free to use at night under

proposals being considered by the UK government.

It's looking at whether to remove the tolls between 10pm and 6am

as a way of dealing with a potential rise in traffic when the cost is cut

A fourth person has been arrested on suspicion

of murder following the death of a man in Newport.

Jan Jedrzejewski, who was 41, died after being found on a pavement

Concerns have been raised about the state of a pipeline

which burst above a village in Powys yesterday.

Up to 40 properties were affected after a pipe carrying water

from Lake Vyrnwy to Oswestry burst, flooding Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant.

United Utilities, which owns the pipe, says it has a robust

maintenance programme and is investigating

It's not so bad when it blows in the middle of a farmer's field

in the middle of nowhere, but when it blows on the outskirts

of the village, the potential for damage is far more serious here.

On to football and not a great start for Paul Clement in his first

Premier League game in charge at Swansea City.

They lost 4-0 against Arsenal at the Liberty Stadium.

Better news for Cardiff City in the Championship.

They earned a huge 3-2 win in the Severnside

In League Two, Newport County ended a run of eight defeats to hold

Colchester United to a 1-1 draw at Rodney Parade.

And in the National League, Wrexham gained a much needed

A quick look at the weather forecast and after some showers overnight,

tomorrow will be a cloudy and wet day with rain, mist and hill fog.

The rain will be heavy at times too, but will become patchier

I'll be back with our next update at 6.20 tomorrow evening.

Getting the detail of this cold snap is proving to be challenging and

will continue to be so over