, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 4
Yes.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 4
Okay. Perfect. Thank you.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 4
Okay. Perfect. You mentioned there that you are quite supportive of pilots. Obviously, this Bill will allow the Welsh Government to compel local authorities to run pilots. Are you supportive of that provision? And the other thing I'd like to know is: do local…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 4
Thanks for that. Are there any specific pilots you'd like to see piloted, for want of a better word?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 4
Huw?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 4
Thank you, Chair, and thanks ever so much for coming in this morning. I just wanted to ask a couple of questions on piloting electoral powers. Obviously, back in 2022, there was a series of pilots looking at flexible voting. I was just keen to get your…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
Thanks for that. I know you mentioned then the Elections Act 2022 and I know from, I think, the written evidence that we've received that the Welsh Government doesn't appear to have provided similar analysis to the extent of the UK. Do you think there's a…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
Hi, Ruth. Thanks ever so much for coming this morning to give evidence. I suppose I just wanted to ask about third party controlled expenditure and whether or not you had any concerns with compliance with article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Okay. Perfect. Any—? No, that's it? No. Perfect. Thank you, Chair.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Okay. Perfect, then. Just one final question—and I'm conscious I sort of touched on someone else's area of questions then that they wanted, so sorry about that, whoever's asking them—in the evidence you've submitted, you've mentioned there about the power of…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Yes.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
With that, then, the online platform in terms of electoral material that's been suggested—and apologies if you've already answered this—how do you see that being regulated, for want of a better word? We had a discussion earlier with—. I don't think she was a…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
If it's okay to ask—
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Does anyone else want to come in on anything there?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
With that telephone idea, then, how was that utilised? How was that rolled out, in the sense of ensuring that the person on the other end of the phone was the person entitled to vote, if that makes sense?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
With that in mind, then, are there any other pilots that you think the Welsh Government should be actively looking at? Because we've mentioned tactile voting and audio voting. And I know that there was a High Court issue a couple of years back, where I think…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Is there a form of—? It's a very simple question, so, sorry for that: is there a form of communication that you think is better than another, if that makes sense? Because a lot of the evidence we're taking is that people say, 'There's a lack of awareness'…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Thank you, Chair. Thanks ever so much for coming in this—. Yes, this morning; I lose track of the time, I'm afraid. I want to follow on with what Sam was asking there about pilots and piloting powers. I know, from the written evidence, that the Electoral…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 1
Okay. Thank you.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 1
Okay. With that, then, is there a case where there might be over-representation, then, of young people, if that makes sense? For example, if you have an advisory board, in terms of if you look at all the numbers who vote, they're a relatively small proportion…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 1
Okey-dokey, perfect. And then I suppose I've just got a final question, if that's okay. I suppose, in terms of the Bill as it is now, are there any provisions not included that you think should have been, or you would like to see?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 1
I think we just caught some of that; you just broke up a bit then. But you mentioned a pilot and just about the different styles of voting, did you say then?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 1
Oh, okay, yes. It's my go to ask the questions now as well; I didn't know that. Well, I did actually. [Laughter.] I have been paying attention. [Laughter.] I want to talk, then, abut the piloting powers. Obviously, for example, in the written evidence, the…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 1
Okey-dokey, then. Thank you.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 1
Okay, then. All right. What about a personal opinion, then, or do you have anything on that?
