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Group 2: Electoral Management Board (Amendments 98, 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
I move amendment 12 in the name of the Counsel General. The question is that amendment 12 be agreed to. Does any Member object? No. Then amendment 12 is agreed.
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Group 2: Electoral Management Board (Amendments 98, 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
Amendment 11, then. I move amendment 11 in the name of the Counsel General. The question is that amendment 11 be agreed. Does any Member object? No. Then amendment 11 is agreed.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Group 2: Electoral Management Board (Amendments 98, 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
Oh, sorry, it's withdrawn. Sorry, Adam. Does any Member object to the withdrawal of amendment 1? No. Then amendment 1 is withdrawn.
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Group 2: Electoral Management Board (Amendments 98, 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
Yes, amendment 1, then, is moved. Does any Member object?
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Group 2: Electoral Management Board (Amendments 98, 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
Amendment 1. Adam, do you wish to move amendment 1?
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Group 2: Electoral Management Board (Amendments 98, 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
Does any Member object to the withdrawal of amendment 98? No. Then the amendment is withdrawn.
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Group 2: Electoral Management Board (Amendments 98, 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
No. So, Peter, you wish to withdraw amendment 98?
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Group 2: Electoral Management Board (Amendments 98, 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
Okay, diolch, Counsel General. Peter Fox, anything to say in response?
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Group 2: Electoral Management Board (Amendments 98, 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
Okay. Diolch yn fawr. Counsel General.
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Group 2: Electoral Management Board (Amendments 98, 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
Okay, Peter. Thank you very much. Any other Member? Adam.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Group 2: Electoral Management Board (Amendments 98, 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
That takes us to group 2, the second group of amendments, relating to the electoral management board. The lead amendment in this group is amendment 98, and I call on Peter Fox to move and speak to the lead amendment and the other amendments in the group…
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Group 1: Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru - functions (Amendments 115, 116, 121)
Yes. The question is that amendment 116 be agreed to. Does any Member object? [Objection.] There is an objection. We will, then, move to a vote. The question is that amendment 116 be agreed to. Will those in favour please raise your hands? And those against…
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Group 1: Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru - functions (Amendments 115, 116, 121)
Amendment 116, then. Adam, do you wish to move?
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Group 1: Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru - functions (Amendments 115, 116, 121)
Okay. Thank you very much. The question, then, is that amendment 115 be agreed to, does any Member object? [Objection.] Okay. We will, then, proceed to a vote. So, the question is that amendment 115 be agreed to. Will those in favour please raise your hands?…
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Group 1: Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru - functions (Amendments 115, 116, 121)
Thank you. Adam, did you want to say anything further?
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Group 1: Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru - functions (Amendments 115, 116, 121)
Thank you, Lee. Did you want to say anything further?
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Group 1: Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru - functions (Amendments 115, 116, 121)
Thanks, Adam. I think Lee Waters wanted to come in briefly at this point. Lee.
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Group 1: Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru - functions (Amendments 115, 116, 121)
Diolch yn fawr. Adam Price to reply to the debate.
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Group 1: Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru - functions (Amendments 115, 116, 121)
Okay. Does any other Member wish to speak to the amendments in this group? No. Counsel General.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Group 1: Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru - functions (Amendments 115, 116, 121)
Let us move on, then, to our Stage 2 proceedings. The first group of amendments relates to the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru and its functions. The lead amendment in this group is amendment 115, and I call on Adam Price to move and speak to the lead…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Stage 2 Proceedings
If you do not want a particular amendment to be moved, please indicate that at the relevant point. I will also move the amendment tabled by Joel James MS, who is not a member of the committee. In line with our usual practice, legal advisers to the committee…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Stage 2 Proceedings
Members should have before them the marshalled list of amendments and the groupings of the amendments for debate. The marshalled list is the list of all amendments tabled, marshalled into the order agreed by the committee at its meeting on 18 April. So, for…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Stage 2 Proceedings
We will move on to item 2, Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill Stage 2 proceedings. The purpose is to undertake those Stage 2 proceedings on that Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill. I'm very pleased to welcome the Counsel General to the meeting…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome, everyone, to this meeting of the Local Government and Housing Committee. The first item on the agenda today is introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest. We have Sarah Murphy joining us today for her first committee meeting…
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Control of tobacco and nicotine products
I very much support what we've heard from Mabon ap Gwynfor, which I think makes a very clear and strong case for that retail register. I know from my own constituency—I'm sure this applies to other Members—just how prevalent the problems caused by tobacco and…
