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Welsh Affairs

Proceeding contribution from Paul Flynn (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 5 March 2015. It occurred during Backbench debate on Welsh Affairs.

Among the improvements we have seen is that there are now Hansard reporters who are proficient in Welsh. We do not have problems now.

I want to talk about the neglect of our history. As a member of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, I am bored stiff with Magna Carta. It was significant because it gave some kind of democracy to about 25 barons and their families and took a bit of power away from the King, but to compare it to cyfraith Hywel Dda is nonsense. After Magna Carta, the English were living in the dark ages compared with 10th-century Wales under cyfraith Hywel Dda.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
593 c1165 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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