:00:29. > :00:32.Later in the programme, South Wales Chief Constable tells us that 70
:00:32. > :00:42.miles an hour is fast enough in motorways.
:00:42. > :00:42.
:00:42. > :32:03.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 1881 seconds
:32:03. > :32:08.And what is the best way to sell Welcome to The Politics Show in
:32:08. > :32:14.Welsh. Coming up, how to tap the economic potential of our young
:32:14. > :32:20.people, and what would be best for the economy - .cymru or .wales?
:32:20. > :32:25.First up, the recent pile-up on the M5, in which several people were --
:32:25. > :32:29.seven people were killed including a couple from Newport, has reopened
:32:29. > :32:34.debates on the speed limit. The South Wales Chief Constable, Peter
:32:34. > :32:38.Vaughan, has told us he believes the current 70 mph limit is working.
:32:38. > :32:44.He has been talking about that and other issues which I reported,
:32:44. > :32:48.Adrian Browne. My arrival at South Wales Police
:32:48. > :32:53.headquarters in Bridgend came as Peter Vaughan approaches two weeks
:32:53. > :32:57.-- two years heading the force. On his day -- on his first day he
:32:57. > :33:01.pledged to increase confidence in the fours. Not easy with a
:33:01. > :33:05.shrinking budget and police numbers falling.
:33:05. > :33:10.But before we got onto the many issues facing him, my time with
:33:10. > :33:15.Peter Vaughan began with a drive back to the area where he grew up,
:33:15. > :33:21.served as a senior officer and lived, Merthyr Tydfil. We arrived
:33:21. > :33:28.at the police station in time for an officer is briefing.
:33:28. > :33:34.The beat manager's agenda includes burglaries and a sum of money
:33:34. > :33:40.stolen from a safe. As the heavens open, I briefly take to the beat in
:33:40. > :33:45.the town centre. Back in a nice, dry Office, local policing
:33:45. > :33:50.Inspector Clare demonstrates how new technology is being used to
:33:50. > :33:59.back up traditional bobbies on patrol, making it easy to ensure
:33:59. > :34:02.officers are where they need to be at the right time.
:34:03. > :34:08.Returning to Bridgend there is evidence of more modernisation, as
:34:08. > :34:13.Peter Vaughan and his assistant proudly show me the beginnings of
:34:13. > :34:16.what is to become a state of the art call centre, handling all calls
:34:16. > :34:21.across the force area, another way south poles police is seeking to
:34:21. > :34:26.make the service more effective as budgets get tighter. -- South Wales
:34:26. > :34:30.police. I spoke to Mr Vaughan about fear of crime, plans to raise the
:34:30. > :34:34.speed limit, elected police commissioners and whether policing
:34:34. > :34:42.should be involved. I began by asking him what impact the loss of
:34:42. > :34:48.hundreds of officers was having on the service. That is the part of my
:34:48. > :34:53.job I dislike the most, they are real people with real families
:34:53. > :34:59.within our communities, and since the start of the year we have 470
:34:59. > :35:03.less jobs than when we started. During this Spending Review we will
:35:03. > :35:12.be almost 700 jobs fewer, and it would be disingenuous to suggest
:35:12. > :35:17.this will not have an impact. I could say, I need a 20% cut, and
:35:17. > :35:21.they would not have paid much attention, but I would -- I have
:35:21. > :35:27.been with this organisation for a long time and in some respects we
:35:27. > :35:33.do business the same way now as in 1984, and I threw my chief officer
:35:33. > :35:37.is a challenge - to redesign their operation, what do we do? But then
:35:37. > :35:42.you put the victim, the witness, at the centre of everything you do.
:35:42. > :35:50.But in terms of the public generally, you are confident there
:35:50. > :35:54.is the same effectiveness on the same -- on frontline as ever?
:35:54. > :35:57.as we described, when a police officer arrest someone they will
:35:57. > :36:02.take that person to the custody suite and deal with them from to
:36:02. > :36:12.start to finish. The more effective they are at arresting them, the
:36:12. > :36:12.
:36:12. > :36:16.less time they spend in our communities. With our help, the
:36:16. > :36:22.winners can be dealt with the Police Staff working within that
:36:22. > :36:28.unit, -- the witness. What is your perception of people's risk of
:36:28. > :36:33.crime, people's risk of being attacked in some form? Has saved
:36:34. > :36:37.our people compare two years ago? For burglary for example, at the
:36:37. > :36:42.moment there are seven forces in the country that are reducing
:36:42. > :36:48.burglary faster than we are. Robbery as well - we are doing
:36:48. > :36:52.really well in reducing robberies. If he were to give us an overall
:36:52. > :36:56.position in terms of crimes in the area, we would hit mid- table. We
:36:56. > :37:01.have not got least crime or the most crime. But the public
:37:01. > :37:06.perception is a little bit different from that, and people
:37:06. > :37:14.perceive that crime is high in the area at the moment. To give you an
:37:14. > :37:19.example, in the Cardiff area, half of the population of the area in
:37:19. > :37:22.which I police is located within Cardiff, just within its its
:37:23. > :37:27.extremities. If we have more than five burglaries per day, we start
:37:27. > :37:31.to get worried. And I think public perception is there will be far
:37:31. > :37:34.more burglaries going on then actually go on. The message from me
:37:35. > :37:40.is we are good at dealing with crime, getting better at detecting
:37:40. > :37:45.more crime than ever, and we are determined to continue trying to
:37:45. > :37:50.achieve that. We had that dreadful pile up on the motorway recently,
:37:50. > :37:57.does that give you some reservations over plans to increase
:37:57. > :38:02.the speed limit from 70 miles an hour to 80 miles an hour? It was an
:38:02. > :38:09.absolutely tragic incident, and my thoughts go out to the family is of
:38:09. > :38:13.those people concerned. We had a family from Newport tragically
:38:13. > :38:19.caught up in that, and it is too early to say whether speed was the
:38:19. > :38:25.cause of that accident or not. Within the Welsh region, the
:38:25. > :38:33.southern Welsh region, we have tried different experiments with
:38:33. > :38:38.Gwent Police, on the Mfor the speed was reduced to 50 miles an hour for
:38:38. > :38:43.Adkins biddable amount of time -- and accidents dropped. I can see
:38:43. > :38:53.why people would call for a reduced speed limit, but for me 70 works at
:38:53. > :38:55.
:38:55. > :39:00.the moment. Again, it is for Gwent Police, but we will see how the
:39:00. > :39:05.various -- the variable speed limits will have an impact on
:39:05. > :39:10.accident. If I am driving reasonably at 70 miles an hour, and
:39:10. > :39:16.there is a pile up and I am caught up on it, I am more likely to be
:39:16. > :39:22.harmed if I am doing 80 rather than 70. I think the signs of speed is
:39:22. > :39:26.the faster you go, the more impact when you hit an object. -- the
:39:26. > :39:33.science of speed. Personally I think 70 is OK. The plead that I
:39:34. > :39:38.would give his, all too often I am driving on the road and I seek the
:39:38. > :39:43.signs indicating a speed of 40 miles an hour, and people pass my
:39:43. > :39:50.car at 70 or more. The signs on the motorway are there for a reason, to
:39:50. > :39:54.give people advance notice of what is going on in front of them. So I
:39:54. > :40:01.would recommend that when we are aware of something happening, we
:40:01. > :40:04.will port advisory speed limits in, they are they for a reason. There
:40:04. > :40:08.are a lot of things happening politically, one of which is
:40:08. > :40:15.elected police commissioners next year. That will change things a bit.
:40:15. > :40:20.What you make of it as a concept? In November next year we will have
:40:20. > :40:25.a police and crime Commissioner for South Wales. But I personally
:40:25. > :40:31.didn't think what we had was good with in our area, and the reason I
:40:31. > :40:37.say that is that we have got seven local authorities covered by the
:40:37. > :40:46.South Welsh police. Of those seven areas, but our politicians
:40:46. > :40:53.representing those areas. I have got a great mix of diversity, race,
:40:53. > :40:56.gender, previous experience on that Police Authority, individuals that
:40:56. > :41:02.are used to working at a significant level in other
:41:02. > :41:09.organisations, and that provides us with a number of touchstones. We
:41:09. > :41:13.have seen that in the performance in our area improving, and our
:41:13. > :41:19.inspectors regard so it was police as one of the four moths to
:41:19. > :41:25.improving forces in the country. That is my staff doing their job
:41:25. > :41:31.properly, and it is going to be difficult for one person to take on
:41:31. > :41:37.that real mix of experience and diversity. It is an act of
:41:37. > :41:43.parliament, it will happen, and my cup is normally half full, and if
:41:43. > :41:46.we get the right person it will work. From the police service
:41:46. > :41:51.perspective we are determined to make it work, because the stakes
:41:51. > :41:54.are too high if you get it wrong. Because the people that suffer will
:41:55. > :42:00.be the committees of Wales. other thing being talked about, a
:42:00. > :42:07.bit more now, is the possibility of devolving the police to the
:42:08. > :42:12.assembly. Would you be in favour of that. Personally, yes. It seems a
:42:12. > :42:16.funny place sometimes to be one of the few public services that are
:42:16. > :42:21.not devolved, and we constantly work with devolved services, the
:42:21. > :42:28.fire service, the ambulance service, our local authorities, all looked
:42:28. > :42:32.towards Cardiff Bay. We are not in that position at the moment, the
:42:32. > :42:37.Welsh chief Constable's really enjoy the relationship we have got
:42:38. > :42:42.with the assembly members within Cardiff Bay. We get a lot of access
:42:42. > :42:47.to those individuals, and we are able to make our points to them in
:42:47. > :42:51.a way that we wish that we could do with Parliament. There are some
:42:51. > :42:55.advantages of being controlled by the Home Office, and also working
:42:55. > :43:02.closely with the Welsh Government, but I personally think that we
:43:02. > :43:06.would benefit from being devolved. Thank you very much.
:43:06. > :43:10.That was Adrian Browne putting the questions to Peter Vaughan. Of the
:43:10. > :43:14.many gloomy indicators generated by the global financial crisis, high
:43:14. > :43:17.youth unemployment is a common concern. The sharp rise in the
:43:17. > :43:23.jobless young has hit most countries including us here in
:43:23. > :43:27.Wales. But the latest figures due next week, have fears that the
:43:27. > :43:33.trend is reversed. This generation could find it harder to get on than
:43:33. > :43:38.the last. James Williams reports. 330 miles from their starting point
:43:38. > :43:44.in general in the North is England, a group of the young unemployed
:43:44. > :43:47.completed the final leg of their epic march. Charing -- channelling
:43:47. > :43:52.the spirit of the original Jarrow marchers who delivered a petition
:43:52. > :43:56.to the Government of the day, the core group of 20 matches were
:43:57. > :44:04.joined by hundreds of people from across the UK, to call for action
:44:04. > :44:08.on rising youth unemployment. 24, an unemployed chef. If there
:44:08. > :44:13.were jobs, people would be working. They were put money back into the
:44:13. > :44:15.economy. The latest figures show there are more than 27,000 young
:44:15. > :44:20.people in Wales on jobseeker's people in Wales on jobseeker's
:44:20. > :44:23.allowance. 3,500 more than the same time last year. Of those unemployed,
:44:23. > :44:27.time last year. Of those unemployed, the number claiming for more than
:44:27. > :44:29.six months has increased by more than 40%, however the picture is
:44:29. > :44:29.than 40%, however the picture is than 40%, however the picture is
:44:29. > :44:29.than 40%, however the picture is than 40%, however the picture is
:44:29. > :44:30.than 40%, however the picture is than 40%, however the picture is
:44:30. > :44:34.than 40%, however the picture is complicated by the fact that at the
:44:34. > :44:36.same time there are almost 30,000 same time there are almost 30,000
:44:36. > :44:43.unfilled vacancies in Wales. Not every young person finds themselves
:44:43. > :44:50.in this situation. Jonathan it is a 4th year apprentice toolmaker.
:44:50. > :44:57.have just finished my apprenticeship, and it was pretty
:44:57. > :45:00.good. Every day is different, and I'm still learning. Happy in his
:45:00. > :45:08.chosen career, Jonathan nonetheless feels that his schooldays could
:45:08. > :45:14.have better prepared him for the real world. They could do with more
:45:14. > :45:19.people coming in from work places, to give people experiences and get
:45:19. > :45:22.people to ask questions and learn more about them. Since I left
:45:22. > :45:28.school and came into working environment, it was totally
:45:28. > :45:32.different to what I expected. this lack of exposure in formal
:45:32. > :45:38.education to the world of work that some see as the root problem. This
:45:38. > :45:41.company has been offering Apprenticeships to people -- young
:45:41. > :45:47.people for all the 40 years. But they feel their needs to be a major
:45:47. > :45:51.attitude changed in order to bridge the divide. 12 years ago, when the
:45:51. > :45:56.Blair administration set out the target of 50% of young people going
:45:56. > :46:00.to university, what it did do was reinforce some of the negative
:46:00. > :46:04.behaviour that said to young people, if you do not go to higher
:46:04. > :46:09.education, you have been hurriedly failed. We must get a balanced
:46:09. > :46:13.message right. The head of a body representing
:46:13. > :46:17.Welsh businesses also agrees that greater collaboration is needed.
:46:17. > :46:21.There certainly needs to be much closer working towards the world of
:46:21. > :46:27.work and employment and schools. Government can facilitate that.
:46:27. > :46:30.There is a lot going on, individually between companies and
:46:31. > :46:34.individual schools. A lot of employers try to offer work
:46:34. > :46:42.experience to young people, but an think we need to make it more
:46:42. > :46:46.systematic. Make it better quality, more vigorous. It -- so that it is
:46:46. > :46:49.a bigger part of what schools feel the need to do for.
:46:49. > :46:54.One factor has been the introduction of business backed
:46:54. > :46:58.colleges offering technically orientated courses. There are too
:46:58. > :47:01.technical colleges up and running in England, including this academy
:47:01. > :47:07.in Staffordshire. But is the Welsh Government planning on introducing
:47:07. > :47:13.something similar in Wales? No, we are very committed to working with
:47:13. > :47:15.our further education sector, I think we have had extraordinary
:47:15. > :47:19.success in further education. It has been the sector which has
:47:19. > :47:22.responded most actively to the Welsh Government's agenda, and we
:47:22. > :47:27.want to work closer with business to make sure we have the right
:47:27. > :47:32.range of skills available. Beyond the basic skills, employers are
:47:32. > :47:36.also concerned about the job readiness of young people. I am
:47:36. > :47:39.concerned we have a real focus on literacy and numeracy, and also
:47:39. > :47:47.that we explain to young people the importance of developing key social
:47:47. > :47:53.skills, but jollity, politeness, customer services. -- punctuality.
:47:53. > :47:56.Implementing these lessons will be the best -- the big test for
:47:57. > :47:59.decision-makers. For the young, the March may be over, but the struggle
:47:59. > :48:04.against being a lost generation continues.
:48:04. > :48:11.What is in an name, especially an on-line name? There is debate over
:48:11. > :48:16.what would be best for a Welsh domain name -- Carwyn Jones is
:48:16. > :48:21.supporting the .cymru name all over the .wales name. He says he will
:48:21. > :48:26.support the name that will bring the most benefits for Wales.
:48:26. > :48:33.A domain name for Wales on the Web, is the dream for campaigners.
:48:33. > :48:38.Originally there was a call for Welsh took -- Wales to adopt .cymru,
:48:38. > :48:43.but Wales was overtaken by the Cayman Islands who took that domain.
:48:43. > :48:50.Some campaigners are worried the .cymru address will not be favoured,
:48:50. > :48:56.and .wales will be the address for the future. Can you confirm your
:48:56. > :49:02.Government will only be able to accept an application that includes
:49:02. > :49:06..cymru and .wales? No, it is important week secured any domain
:49:06. > :49:11.that gives the best economic boost to Wales.
:49:11. > :49:16.The this has been a massive blow to the .cymru campaign. I did not
:49:16. > :49:22.think I would see the date when the Prime Minister of Wales says he was
:49:22. > :49:32.against having a domain, .cymru. What is the point of having a Welsh
:49:32. > :49:33.
:49:33. > :49:37.Prime Minister if he does not fight for the one thing that separates
:49:37. > :49:41.people from the outside world, that shows we are a unique culture which
:49:41. > :49:45.we has to which we want to share? Were what governments say they are
:49:45. > :49:53.committed to supporting a top-level domain name for Wales, and that
:49:53. > :49:59.they will shortly invite people to submit their proposals. One company
:49:59. > :50:06.believes there may be a bilingual proposal that works.
:50:06. > :50:10.Whether it is practically possible in relation to what -- Harrow
:50:10. > :50:15.Internet domains are run, is another matter. It may not be
:50:15. > :50:19.possible, but we will track our best to ensure that there was a
:50:19. > :50:25.bilingual aspect. If it is a tall practical.
:50:25. > :50:31.But what would be best for the Welsh economy - .cymru or .wales?
:50:31. > :50:39.It depends on the type of organisation. In the cultural side,
:50:39. > :50:43..cymru could work very well. But in Welsh, they may want an impact on
:50:43. > :50:47.tourism and heritage, and a different format may also work. It
:50:47. > :50:53.will depend therefore in the organisation, the customers,
:50:53. > :50:59.creating that immediate impact. We can also think of brands, and
:50:59. > :51:05.mention the imagery altogether. The company hats asked the .cymru
:51:05. > :51:08.campaign to work with them, but that has been refused. The final
:51:08. > :51:11.proposal will be presented to the body that runs International de
:51:11. > :51:16.Bains next year. It is Remembrance Sunday today,
:51:16. > :51:20.with services being held across Welsh. The service at the Wales
:51:20. > :51:27.National War Memorial at Cathays Park was attended by Cheryl Gillan,
:51:27. > :51:30.Rodney Berman and Carwyn Jones. thing we sometimes do is forget
:51:30. > :51:34.about what has happened in the past and forget the lessons that were
:51:34. > :51:39.taught us in the past. We should never forget the sacrifice made by
:51:39. > :51:44.so many, and use that to make sure that in the future we give our on