10 Mehefin 2024 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
It's good to get this petition discussed at this meeting. We've had some correspondence backwards and forwards, and the Welsh Government and the National Centre for Learning Welsh have taken action and engaged with Duolingo. The subject has been raised on…
10 Mehefin 2024 , Petitions Committee
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—diolch yn fawr iawn i Kierion Lloyd.
10 Mehefin 2024 , Petitions Committee
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Diolch, Gadeirydd. I'd like to start by saying—
10 Mehefin 2024 , Petitions Committee
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I concur with Peter.
10 Mehefin 2024 , Petitions Committee
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Thank you, Chair. I'd like to thank the petitioner for this petition. The Counsel General has responded and has stated very clearly that it would not be appropriate for the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill to include provisions for each Member's…
10 Mehefin 2024 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
I would agree with Peter that we should seek clarity from the Cabinet Secretary, and it would be a good idea to ask the WLGA as well, to write to the WLGA, to get their views.
10 Mehefin 2024 , Petitions Committee
Cynnig o dan Reol Sefydlog 17.22 i ethol Cadeirydd dros dro ar gyfer cyfarfod y Pwyllgor a'r cyfarfod nesaf ar 24 Mehefin 2024
I'd like to nominate Rhianon Passmore.
5 Mehefin 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl Plaid Cymru: Cyllid HS2
Hanes HS2 yng Nghymru yw un o’r anghyfiawnderau ariannol mwyaf, o blith nifer, a welsom ers amser maith gan San Steffan. Ni fydd yr un filltir o drac yn dod yn agos at Gymru, heb sôn am fynd drwyddi, ac eto, mae trethdalwyr yn y wlad hon yn gorfod talu…
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Just on that point—and it’s something that maybe we should have covered off earlier on—on that recall petition, should there be two questions, or two answers, effectively? So, one would say, 'I support this recall of removing this Member from the Senedd', or…
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
I think that's it from me, Chair, if that's okay. Thank you.
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
And based on what you said earlier around the cost element and quickness and being able to do this fairly quickly if needed, and I'm assuming that you'll correct me if I'm wrong, once you hit the 10 per cent, you would then close the petition rather than…
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
And with the process, if we were to adopt something similar to Westminster, then, where you leave that petition open for six weeks or a set amount of time, that would probably help to encourage people, if they wanted to express their view, that they'd be able…
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thank you for that. So, if we move on and assume that we have triggered a petition, just looking at the mechanics of it, in Westminster, when it's triggered, then that 10 per cent of the electorate in that constituency, or paired constituencies in our case…
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thank you for that. What would be the positives and the negatives of that?
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Hello, commissioner. Thanks for coming in this morning. Just to start off with, in your opinion, is a recall petition the best way of handing this sort of situation, or would there be another mechanism that potentially could be used?
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Diolch. Thank you.
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Say somebody, in that situation that Mark was just talking about, had reached 10 per cent, they'd been removed from office, they have no way of restanding during that Senedd term. Obviously, in a by-election in Westminster, somebody could put their name…
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Diolch, Vikki. Thanks for that, Joe.
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Say we put that arbitrary 10 per cent in, once it had hit 10 per cent, would you close that petition down, or would you have it open for six weeks, I think, or would you have it for longer, or shorter, or what—?
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
And then, on that ballot paper, would it just be for the petition, or would you want it to show that you're dissatisfied with the petition and therefore wanted to keep the person in their role?
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
And from what you're saying there, it would be open to everybody on the voter roll for that constituency, or paired constituency, at that time.
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
If we move on to just how that potentially could be run to get as many people to participate as possible, would you be in favour of opening it up to postal, to proxy, to all the ways that you could vote in the Senedd election? And maybe your thoughts on an…
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Ten per cent for an MP triggers a by-election. So, somebody could in theory win their seat with 40 per cent of the vote, and get removed with 10 per cent of the vote, potentially.
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
You've touched there on some of the potential issues. Ten per cent is the current Westminster petition limit. Does that make sense in this situation, or does it need to vary? Is there a different mechanism that says, potentially, that it has to be higher than…
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Yes. Thank you, Joe. It’s been interesting to listen to your comments and thoughts this morning. Just before we go into some of the mechanics of a petition, is a petition the best way forward in your opinion, given the way that we’re going to be electing…
