Senedd voter turnout worries remain 25 years after devolution

Mr Wyn Jones insisted he had “no regrets”, and that an eventual agreement with Labour led directly to the 2011 referendum on full law-making powers for the then assembly.

Mr Davies was the only one of the four politicians who did not want more powers, such as policing, justice and probation to be devolved to Wales.

He said the Welsh government should concentrate on improving what it already controlled.

His political opponents all made the case that a more powerful Senedd, as well as being closer to the people of Wales, would also encourage more people to come out and vote.

All four did agree that Wales had changed beyond political recognition over the past quarter of a century, not all that it had been for the better.

“Let’s start beating England in terms of service provision and then I wouldn’t have a leg to stand on,” said Mr Davies.

“I’d welcome it myself. I am not viscerally opposed to it but, at the moment, it is just not working.”