20/09/2014 BBC Wales Today


20/09/2014

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There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel, we are back

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The Prime Minister's plan for English-only votes in Parliament

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is "fair", that's according to the chair of the Welsh Affairs

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The MP for Monmouth, David Davies, says allowing Welsh MPs to vote on

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But Labour, which is gathering for its annual conference, disagrees.

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Constitutional reform. It is flavour of the month. Visitors at this

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festival sampling what is on offer today. Among them, the local MP and

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chair of the Commons Welsh affairs committee. He says David Cameron's

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plan for English only votes in parliament is right. There is no

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reason at all why Scottish and Welsh MPs should be voting on condition

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education or how the roads are maintained in England when we have

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bodies that are doing it in our own areas in Wales and Scotland. It is

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wrong and divisive. The UK Government says it is trying to find

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the right blend. It wouldn't apply the same restrictions to Welsh MPs

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as it would to Scottish MPs. One of the many complexities to sort out

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after the Scottish referendum. Some conservatives don't like the way

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that more power was promised to the Scottish Parliament whilst some

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Labour don't like the idea of only votes in Westminster. So how do we

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find a recipe for the UK's Constitution that everyone is happy

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with? Labour has its annual conference this weekend. The First

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Minister says English only votes in Westminster won't work. He is

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calling for more powers to be devolved to Cardiff Bay. We have to

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be careful not to give the impression that in order to get

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noticed you need war or an independence referendum. We have had

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neither in Wales and it is right to point out that it is a very

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dangerous message to send that if you cause a problem, then you get

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noticed. I think it is right to say that we in Wales because we have had

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neither of these things, we deserve to be listened to, and it is

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important we have a strong voice around the table. Carwyn Jones says

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any special offers for Scotland should also be available for Wales.

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But his Westminster listening? His opponents say he hasn't made it

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clear what is on his shopping list. They all agree that if Wales is

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shutout of the debate on UK's Goodger, it will have to make do

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with crumbs of comfort. There's more on the debate over the

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future of the way the UK in governed on Sunday Politics Wales, tomorrow

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at 11am here on BBC One Wales. The Assembly Member for Delyn,

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Sandy Mewies, has announced she is to stand down at the next Assembly

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election in 2016. She has represented the constituency

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as a Labour member since 2003. Mrs Mewies said she looked forward

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to "new challenges" after working for 50 years,

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almost 30 of them in politics. Soldiers from first Battalion The

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Royal Welsh have been granted the freedom of Ludlow in Shropshire

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to mark a historic anniversary. It's the 325th anniversary

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of the formation of the Royal Welch Soldiers marched into

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the town to receive the honour. Football,

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and Swansea City lost 1-0 at home to Striker Wilfred Bony was sent off

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in the first half. Victor Wanyama got the only

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goal with ten minutes to go. Danny Gabbidon

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and Scott Young took charge Goals from Aron Gunnarsson and Peter

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Wittingham put the Bluebirds 2-0, In League two, no goals between

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Newport County and Shrewsbury. Leigh Halfpenny's future at French

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club, Toulon, It comes after the club president

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said the player's contract could Halfpenny hasn't played

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since surgery on a dislocated shoulder he suffered in March and

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he's now out with a groin injury. It's understood the rift has

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been healed after urgent talks. The Scarlets are playing Treviso,

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it's approaching half time. Elsewhere, the Dragons lost

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at home to Glasgow, 33-13. Elsewhere, the Dragons lost

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at home to Glasgow, 33-13. The Scottish side were

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down to 14 men for nearly all of the second half, but still earned

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a bonus-point wind. Let's get the weather now,

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here's Rhian Haf. The cold front which brought the

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patchy rain is moving southward so it is turning try and clear

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overnight. Tomorrow is a much better day. Dry with blue skies and

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sunshine, some cloud opening up, and feeling fresher. Monday and Tuesday,

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dry with sunny spells, and chilly nights.

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From all of us here, have a good evening.

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Good evening. I think tomorrow should be a good day for getting out

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and about wherever you

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