Summary

  • Wednesday 22 April 2015

  • First of the all-Wales political debates for Election 2015

  • Stephen Crabb for the Welsh Conservatives

  • Owen Smith for Labour

  • Leanne Wood for Plaid Cymru

  • Kirsty Williams for the Welsh Liberal Democrats

  • Pippa Bartolotti for Wales Greens

  • Nathan Gill for UKIP Wales

  1. Postpublished at 21:50 British Summer Time 22 April 2015

    On the question of more devolution, Liberal Democrat Kirsty Williams says sometimes Cardiff feels as remote as London ever did - if a decision is taken by local people it tends to be a better decision

    Kirsty WilliamsImage source, ITV Wales
  2. Postpublished at 21:45 British Summer Time 22 April 2015

    When my children ask for more food - I normally say finish what's on your plate first, says UKIP's Nathan Gill on a question about more devolution. Plaid's Leanne Wood says the Welsh people are not children

  3. Postpublished at 21:45 British Summer Time 22 April 2015

    Labour's Owen Smith says his party campaigned for devolution.

  4. Postpublished at 21:45 British Summer Time 22 April 2015

    The Green's Pippa Bartolotti says that they would go for more devolution - she says there is not enough coming into the Wales 'kitty'

  5. Postpublished at 21:44 British Summer Time 22 April 2015

    Plaid's Leanne Wood says Wales should benefit from the tax take and the Welsh Government should be responsible for the money it spends

    Leanne WoodImage source, ITV Wales
    Image caption,

    Leanne Wood on funding for Wales

  6. Postpublished at 21:40 British Summer Time 22 April 2015

    Conservative Stephen Crabb says there will be a new Wales bill

  7. Postpublished at 21:40 British Summer Time 22 April 2015

    Liz Smith as the debate looks at tax - taxation powers - and of course, funding for Wales:

    "Leanne Wood has called for a 'Team Wales' approach - group hugs presumably optional - for all the parties to work together to get funding parity for Wales.

    "She's referring to the Barnett formula, famously disregarded by Barnett himself, which favours Scotland more than Wales.

    "She's been calling for a 'refund' of £1.2bn after the election, although she doesn't seem to have recruited any team players yet, particularly since the Vow made by the three main leaders during the Scottish referendum promised to keep the formula as it is.

    "Kirsty Williams retorted that Leanne needs to 'start with her own colleagues', saying that the former leader Lord Dafydd Ellis-Thomas has dismissed this.

    "Leanne said that she is sure they all have disagreements with former leaders, and said she did not think parity was too much to ask for."

  8. Postpublished at 21:38 British Summer Time 22 April 2015

    Liberal Democrat Kirsty Williams says having powers here in Wales can boost the Welsh economy - with the right powers and the right administration

  9. Postpublished at 21:37 British Summer Time 22 April 2015

    Conservative Stephen Crabb says devolution doesn't have to mean more taxes or more red tape.

  10. Postpublished at 21:37 British Summer Time 22 April 2015

    We will increase taxes on very large corporations and transfer that money to small businesses in Wales, says Labour's Owen Smith

  11. Postpublished at 21:34 British Summer Time 22 April 2015

    UKIPs Nathan Gill says they are the party of small business

  12. Postpublished at 21:34 British Summer Time 22 April 2015

    The Green's have a serious position on small biz - taxes for us will not be VAT, which penalise the poor - says Pippa Bartolotti

  13. Postpublished at 21:34 British Summer Time 22 April 2015

    It's all about small businesses and more powers for the assembly and whether it would mean more red tape

  14. Postpublished at 21:31 British Summer Time 22 April 2015

    On to the final question of the evening - it's flown by.

  15. Postpublished at 21:31 British Summer Time 22 April 2015

    Plaid Cymru's Leanne Woods responds by saying that she was sure that they all have disagreements with former leaders, but she didn't think parity was too much to ask

  16. Postpublished at 21:31 British Summer Time 22 April 2015

    Liberal Democrat Kirsty Williams says Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood needs to start with her own colleagues in terms of lobbying for parity

  17. Postpublished at 21:25 British Summer Time 22 April 2015

    Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood raises issue of Wales having parity with Scotland and urges all the politicians to join with her to gain parity of powers and funding

  18. Postpublished at 21:24 British Summer Time 22 April 2015

    Our resident commentator for the debate, Liz Smith reflects:

    "Stephen Crabb said that food banks 'soared' under Labour as well, to which an indignant Owen Smith retorted 'how dare you?'

    "He said that he has opened three in his constituency since the Conservatives have been in power and says 83,000 are using them in Wales.

    "However, Owen Smith has fallen short in promoting Labour's pledge to end zero hour contracts, with Kirsty Williams pointing out that Labour and the Conservatives voted against a motion in the Assembly to ban zero hours in the care sector.

    "This is a difficult position for Owen Smith as he is not an Assembly Member; he may have wished in that moment that the Labour First Minister, Carwyn Jones, could have been there to provide a defence."

  19. Postpublished at 21:23 British Summer Time 22 April 2015

    Labour's Owen Smith says that zero hours contract became a hallmark of the Westminster govt

  20. Postpublished at 21:22 British Summer Time 22 April 2015

    The real heroes of the economy in Wales are small businesses, says UKIPs Nathan Gill