Wales needs to speed up creation of veterans' commissioner role, says Falkland's War veteran Simon Weston
He said he wanted to see the Welsh government work with the UK government to get the veterans commissioner role up and running as quickly as possible.
Referring to previous complaints from Wales' first minister Mark Drakeford about a lack of consultation from the UK government, Mr Weston said the creation of the role would be "one step towards getting greater co-operation"."It will look like you're lagging behind because you deliberately want to."'Pick up the pace'The UK government committed to creating the post in March, after campaigning by Brecon and Radnorshire MP Fay Jones.
Ms Jones said ministers in Cardiff need to "come on board" to make the role meaningful, because many of the services veterans use are the responsibility of the Welsh government. "Veterans have been waiting a long time for someone to be their champion and it is, I think, wrong that Wales is the only country in the UK not to have a veterans commissioner," she said.
"I think veterans in Wales are being disadvantaged. I think the Welsh government could pick up the pace."
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