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18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion
Just one final question, if I may, and it's back to what you said earlier on, Larissa, about vacancies. So, there's nothing in the Bill here that would require—. At the moment, if there's a vacancy in the Senedd, with the other reform Bill that's currently…
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion
Okay, no problem. That's me done, Chair.
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion
Okay. Any comments from—? Oh, we've lost—
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion
Aren't you? Okay. I do apologise.
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion
Professor Gomes.
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion
Vertical and horizontal is important in order to achieve that parity. Because, obviously, it's interesting—when I've looked at the evidence of where quotas are in play, obviously, even where there are quotas on candidacy, very often it's still a…
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion
Any other comments about very similar—? Yes, Professor Krook.
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion
And can I also ask—? You mentioned Mexico just there; we know that many countries obviously use quota systems. Are there any that are similar to the one that's being proposed by the Welsh Government here?
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion
Professor Krook.
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion
Thank you. Professor Kenny, do you have any views on this matter?
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion
I saw your comments, actually, that you think that some sort of ID should be attached to the candidate registration process, so the candidate is required to present ID. Do you think it would be more straightforward and easier, therefore, to have 'I'm either a…
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion
Thank you. Can I thank you for the written evidence, which was very, very interesting from all three of you? As you know, this Bill is going to allow people to effectively self-identify their gender for the purposes of being a candidate. You've already made…
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Phanel Pleidiau Senedd Cymru y Comisiwn Etholiadol
Great, thank you.
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Phanel Pleidiau Senedd Cymru y Comisiwn Etholiadol
And presumably, you'd be the same, Joanna, in the Labour Party.
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Phanel Pleidiau Senedd Cymru y Comisiwn Etholiadol
So, it's not going to stop you filling all your slots—that's the question, I suppose is a better way of phrasing it.
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Phanel Pleidiau Senedd Cymru y Comisiwn Etholiadol
And just one final question, if I may, and that is: do you think that the Bill, as it's currently written, would influence the number of candidates that your political parties might stand in an election, at all?
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Phanel Pleidiau Senedd Cymru y Comisiwn Etholiadol
Well, we've got the Bill as it is. Would you welcome any guidance, Geraint, Tom?
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Phanel Pleidiau Senedd Cymru y Comisiwn Etholiadol
But would you like some clear guidance as to the questions you can and can't ask of candidates, and whether you should accept something on face value or not? Those sorts of things.
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Phanel Pleidiau Senedd Cymru y Comisiwn Etholiadol
And, presumably, you'd welcome some guidance on some of these things, would you, statutory guidance that you can use to help you comply with any new arrangements that might emerge as a result of the new law in this area? Joanna.
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Phanel Pleidiau Senedd Cymru y Comisiwn Etholiadol
Yes. And Joanna.
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Phanel Pleidiau Senedd Cymru y Comisiwn Etholiadol
Yes, but for the purposes of those lists at the moment, do you allow people to self-identify as women, so non-biological women—
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Phanel Pleidiau Senedd Cymru y Comisiwn Etholiadol
Can I ask this question? I'll come to you in a second, Joanna, and you can pick this up in response to the same question, if you like. What about this issue of self-identification as a woman? Do you keep a record, as parties, of those people who are male…
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Phanel Pleidiau Senedd Cymru y Comisiwn Etholiadol
I see.
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Phanel Pleidiau Senedd Cymru y Comisiwn Etholiadol
Yes. And any new checks that you might need to introduce, Geraint?
18 Ebrill 2024Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Phanel Pleidiau Senedd Cymru y Comisiwn Etholiadol
Thanks. And, obviously, I'm more familiar with the process in my own party in terms of checks that are done on candidates before they are selected, but presumably those checks, in the Conservative Party, anyway, wouldn't change too much, Tom, although you'd…