There is so much that can be done, you see, the assembly is about improving our democracy.

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I've made it abundantly clear and I'll repeat yet again there's no question of gagging individuals.

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What I've said in the past is that I want the Labour Party to approach this matter on the basis of unity.

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Well it's not a matter for me to say what Llew Smith can or cannot do, he's an elected Member of Parliament.

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Well I've already made it clear that it's a matter for individuals in exercising their own judgement, their own consciences to speak freely on matters of policy.

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First of all it has never been the case that I have threatened people with expulsion or that I've threatened to throw people out of the Parliamentary Labour Party.

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It's about getting a more democratic Wales for the purpose of improving our economic performance, for improving the delivery of health care, for raising educational standards.

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I have - I have more than an interesting task in piloting Wales into our new democracy, without wanting to exercise draconian powers on behalf of anybody else - I can assure of that.

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Now, I think that in acknowledging that every individual Member of Parliament and indeed every individual member of the Labour Party, has rights to express their view in a spirit of tolerance.

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And, I hope now that everybody understands that the Labour Party - as it always has done - stands for free speech and individual Members of the Labour Party are entitled to exercise that free speech.

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