Labour Party divided over Welsh Crown Estate

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Last week Westminster voted against Wales being given responsibilities for the Crown Estate. All of Wales’ 22 Labour MPs voted the Plaid Cymru proposal down, which is directly at odds with the Welsh Labour Government in the Senedd’s plan for Wales.

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00:00The Crown Estate is a massive land and property portfolio stretching across the UK. It's owned

00:07but not directly operated by the Crown and all money raised goes straight into the UK

00:11Government's coffers. In Scotland though, it's managed by a separate Scottish entity

00:15and that money goes into the Scottish Government's budget. Plaid Cymru recently raised a proposal

00:20in Westminster to bring Welsh Crown Estate holdings in line with Scotland and bring responsibility

00:26for it into Wales. The Welsh Government have said this is also what they'd like to see

00:30but their counterparts in Westminster voted against the plans. It puts Welsh Labour and

00:35the wider UK Labour Party at direct odds with one another and while they sometimes disagree

00:40with some issues, this is one of the biggest and most impactful disagreements the party

00:44has seen. The Senate are currently on a recess and will return next week and there's no doubt

00:50that questions will be raised over the issue and the First Minister will have to explain

00:54her feelings moving forward with a party so uniquely divided.

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