17 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
Thank you. I'll bring in Peredur Owen Griffiths now with a series of questions for you.
17 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
Thank you. And one final question from me. I think it's impossible to look at the issue of recall without touching on disqualification, and for us to be assured that the processes that we've got around disqualification are right as well. So, with that in…
17 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
Thank you. I appreciate your views on that. Do you feel that the triggering of a petition should be subject to a vote in the whole of the Senedd, the Welsh Parliament, rather than just a decision taken by the standards committee? And if you do think that it…
17 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
Thank you, Alistair. If I could link in with your last comment there, and take us back to the process of a possible petition, you said yourself that it's a very serious process. With that in mind, do you feel that a Member should have a right to appeal…
17 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
Thank you. I'll bring Natasha in now.
17 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
Thank you. And, of course, one key difference between the Senedd, the Welsh Parliament and Westminster is the fact that we have Members who are elected on a proportional representation basis, and, post Senedd reform, that will be applicable to all Members…
17 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
Thank you. If I can begin, then, with some questions around triggering a petition, and I know you have already given evidence to our sister committee, the Reform Bill Committee, on this. So, in your view, what sorts of circumstances are the appropriate ones…
17 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
So, we are now on our fifth evidence session of our inquiry into individual Member accountability, and it's my pleasure to welcome Alistair Clark to the meeting this morning. If I could ask you, Alistair, to give a short introduction to yourself and your…
17 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Cyflwyniad, ymddiheuriadau a dirprwyon
Welcome, everyone, to this meeting of the Senedd Standards of Conduct Committee. This meeting is bilingual and interpretation is available. We have no apologies this morning, and can I just check with Members if there are any declarations of registrable…
11 Mehefin 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i'r Prif Weinidog
Diolch, Prif Weinidog. Nawr, hysbysebwyd cronfa ffyniant gyffredin Llywodraeth Dorïaidd y DU, wrth gwrs, fel un o'u cynlluniau allweddol i ddisodli cyllid Undeb Ewropeaidd a gollwyd ar ôl Brexit, ac rydym ni'n gwybod pa mor bwysig yw'r cyllid hwn i Gymru…
11 Mehefin 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i'r Prif Weinidog
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10 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Cynnig o dan Reol Sefydlog 17.42 i benderfynu gwahardd y cyhoedd o weddill y cyfarfod
Okay. So, I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42(vi), to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting. Are Members content to agree the motion? Members are. In that case, now, we will continue in private.
10 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Thank you, Professor Tonge.
10 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Thank you, Natasha. Professor Tonge, your evidence has been really invaluable to us this morning. We thank you for taking the time to come and speak with us, and I think you've laid down the gauntlet to us now. We could say that one mark of success for us as…
10 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Okay. Thank you, Mark. I'll bring in Natasha Asghar now. Natasha.
10 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Thank you, Pred. I'll bring in Mark Drakeford now, then. Mark.
10 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Thank you. I'll hand over now to Peredur Owen Griffiths. Pred.
10 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
One final question from me before I pass on to other Members. We've been focusing so far in our discussions with you on what would be perceived as misbehaviour, wrongdoings, but at the heart of a recall mechanism is of course the issue of democracy. And so I…
10 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Just before I bring Pred in, just to clarify, you feel that the current system of a custodial sentence of 12 months or longer is where we should be for disqualification, and that any custodial sentence less than 12 months could fall under recall.
10 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Thank you. If I can focus now on the interface between recall and disqualification. Currently in the Senedd, the same as in Westminster, any prison sentence that's 12 months or longer would trigger disqualification. Do you think that the matters that…
10 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Thank you. That's very useful for us. And just to take you back to this idea of a tapered approach, would you be encouraging us as a committee to look at the range of sanctions that we have on offer to us currently, to see whether they need to be broadened in…
10 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
That's really interesting. Have you got any thoughts around how that tapered area between 10 and, say, 30 days might work in practice?
10 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Brilliant, thank you very much. I'll start off, then, with some questions around the triggering of a petition, if I may. What do you think are the best circumstances to actually trigger a recall petition? We know, in Westminster, they have three essential…
10 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Welcome to this public session of the Senedd's Standards of Conduct Committee. We are continuing with our inquiry into individual Member accountability, and this is our fourth evidence session. We are very pleased to welcome Professor Jonathan Tonge from the…
5 Mehefin 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig: Y Prif Weinidog
Mewn 29 diwrnod, bydd pobl Cymru a’r DU yn cael pleidleisio mewn etholiad cyffredinol—yr etholiad cyffredinol pwysicaf ers 1997, gellid dadlau, cyfle i gael gwared ar Lywodraeth Dorïaidd drychinebus o'r wlad hon. Mae’n Llywodraeth sydd wedi bod yn gyfrifol am…
