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Topical Questions
I'm afraid we're still left in this intensely difficult position whereby we have two conflicting accounts of what happened, which are seemingly impossible to reconcile, and we can't leave that just there, unresolved. It's not fair in terms of the individuals…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolved powers and funding
'No-one would be forgiven for trying to rip up and reconstruct the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice at a time when crime is blighting our streets'. So, just follow the logic of that: the very institutions that have led to this situation, where crime is…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolved powers and funding
The Labour Party has been rowing back so quickly on its commitments in terms of policing and justice that perhaps they should bid for late entry to the Olympic Games. [Laughter.] I've never seen a change happen so swiftly, from the Thomas commission report…
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Motion to note the annual report on the Senedd Commission's Official Languages Scheme for 2023-24
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I'm very grateful to all Members who have contributed to this debate. As one Rhydaman boy to another, I would say, Tom, that your Welsh is excellent. It's something that I have to tell myself as I look in the mirror…
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Motion to note the annual report on the Senedd Commission's Official Languages Scheme for 2023-24
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd. I’m pleased to present the Senedd Commission's annual report on its official languages scheme for 2023-24 before the Senedd today. Members of the Senedd will be aware that the Senedd Commission is required, in accordance…
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Stage 4 of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill
We in Plaid Cymru will be supporting this important Bill because of the progress it represents in reforming our democracy in Wales, and the main focus of the Bill, of course, in terms of automatic voter registration, as the Counsel General outlined, which…
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Group 15: Disqualification from being a Member of Senedd Cymru—offence of deception (Amendments 43, 6, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 25)
Not moved.
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Group 15: Disqualification from being a Member of Senedd Cymru—offence of deception (Amendments 43, 6, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 25)
Not moved.
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Group 15: Disqualification from being a Member of Senedd Cymru—offence of deception (Amendments 43, 6, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 25)
Not moved.
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Group 15: Disqualification from being a Member of Senedd Cymru—offence of deception (Amendments 43, 6, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 25)
Move.
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Group 15: Disqualification from being a Member of Senedd Cymru—offence of deception (Amendments 43, 6, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 25)
Not moved.
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Group 15: Disqualification from being a Member of Senedd Cymru—offence of deception (Amendments 43, 6, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 25)
I'm very grateful to all those Members that have taken part in this debate, and, indeed, for all those outside of this place that have helped us. Reference has been made to the support we've had from Compassion in Politics, which have been running a campaign…
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Group 15: Disqualification from being a Member of Senedd Cymru—offence of deception (Amendments 43, 6, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 25)
Thank you, Llywydd. I think it's quite fitting, isn't it, in a way, that this last group of amendments in relation to a Bill that is about elections and elected bodies really focuses at something that is so important at the heart of our democracy, which we…
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Group 13: Independent Remuneration Board of the Senedd (Amendment 42)
I thank the Counsel General for his comments. I do think, on the basis of the conversations I've had across the Senedd, that it's an issue that would be welcomed. I do accept the points that the Counsel General has made. This was perhaps a further probing…
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Group 13: Independent Remuneration Board of the Senedd (Amendment 42)
Thank you very much, Llywydd. The purpose of this amendment is to ensure that the Senedd Commission holds a review of the independent remuneration board, and that review should commence within one year of the Act receiving Royal Assent. The amendment builds…
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Group 12: Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru—functions relating to remuneration of elected Members (Amendments 40, 41)
Move.
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Group 12: Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru—functions relating to remuneration of elected Members (Amendments 40, 41)
Move to a vote.
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Group 12: Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru—functions relating to remuneration of elected Members (Amendments 40, 41)
Thank you, Llywydd. These are simple amendments in this group. Amendment 40 ensures that any decision by Welsh Ministers to use the powers under section 69H to direct the commission to reconsider an annual decision on payments and allowances for county…
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Group 11: Publication of contact details for community councils (Amendment 39)
We'll move to a vote.
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Group 11: Publication of contact details for community councils (Amendment 39)
Thank you. Llywydd. The purpose of amendment 39 is to replace the current requirement in the Bill for a principal council to publish ‘an up-to date list of all communities and community councils in its area', and have a broader requirement that would have a…
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Group 10: Electoral arrangements reviews (Amendments 2, 3, 4, 5)
However, the provisions in Part 3 of the 2013 legislation are broader than just wards for the election of members to a local authority. They also include designating community council wards and some other names in the area. The examples that I gave you at…
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Group 10: Electoral arrangements reviews (Amendments 2, 3, 4, 5)
'any area for which members are elected to a local authority'.
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Group 10: Electoral arrangements reviews (Amendments 2, 3, 4, 5)
I introduced an amendment at Stage 2 that sought to emulate and apply the same principles that were accepted in the naming of proposed Senedd constituencies, as the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 is now on the statute book, to local and…
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Group 9: Welsh language requirements for returning officers (Amendments 37, 38, 51)
Moved.
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Group 9: Welsh language requirements for returning officers (Amendments 37, 38, 51)
I'm so disappointed. It simply isn't good enough. This is the fundamental difference, isn't it? Agreements between different organisations or protocols or memoranda of understanding, guidance, an advisory group, good practice—none of those gives me rights. A…
