, Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
Thank you for those comments. Following on from the points that have been made, of course, the next four vehicles, going this half term, will take the total up to 30 that have been delivered on behalf of the cross-party group. There's a famous photograph…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Shwmae.
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, 14 years of Tory austerity have left parts of our justice system at a precipice and close to collapse. One of the reasons we have pressed for youth justice devolution and probation is because it is so well fitted within devolved functions and…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 7
Thank you very much.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 7
Okay. Thank you very much.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 7
What would you like to see happening with data in the future? Do you think there is a more specific role for Welsh Government, or perhaps even in conjunction with the universities, or whatever, in this area?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 7
Yes. I'll be very quick. You did start talking about the issue of data, particularly within the context of monitoring, and I suppose it leads also to enforcement in some ways, but predominantly monitoring. If you don’t understand what’s happening, if you…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 6
Yes, no, that's fine. I can't pursue that any further.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 6
Do you have a specific approach in terms of what is needed, though, with data? Do you have, I suppose, a strategic policy in respect of the data that you actually want and require? Because you’ve told me quite a bit about, ‘Well, there’s data from the ONS’…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 6
Thank you. Just a few questions, to perhaps explore a little bit more about what I started earlier. The quality of the data that we have—perhaps you could just explain again what are your views on the quality of data we have, what are the main sources of that…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 6
Just a couple of things, only because they fit with the evidence that you're giving at the moment on some things I wanted to ask later on. Just on the incorporation issue, well, of course, the Welsh Government is bound by the UN convention in any event. It is…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 10
Very quickly. Was any consideration given, when the final ballot takes place, in terms of whether someone should be allowed to continue or not, to the issue of spending limits, what the person can spend within that process?
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 10
The second thing: did you consider the possibility of bypassing the issue of having actually a petition? I know they have the petition within the UK Parliament, but again that's a different electoral system. That is, if there is a recommendation from your…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 10
Thanks for that, that's really helpful. I suppose just confirmation on one point, and that is that, in having the ultimate ballot being the determinant as to whether someone is removed or not, I suppose that is based on the principle that, ultimately, it's…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 10
Thank you.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 10
Yes.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 10
That's to elect them there, but this is now to remove someone, isn't it?
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 10
Is that an issue of concern to you, in terms of the fact that it would just be a straightforward ballot where someone could, effectively, be removed on a very, very low turnout? I mean, say you had a 5 per cent, 10 per cent turnout.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 10
So, if a dozen people turn out, I'm just thinking—. We do get some quite low turnouts, don't we?
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 10
So, basically, there would have to be an acceptance of that by the Scottish Parliament, and that then starts the whole process, so there is then a petition. And the petition, basically, as long as 10 per cent of the electorate across the area vote, then it…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 10
Can I just ask about your equivalent to the standards committee? I apologise, I don't know what its full name is. Presumably, what would happen is an issue would go to your equivalent committee, they would decide that there had been a breach, it had reached…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 10
So, basically, the starting point is, I suppose, a recommendation from the equivalent of your standards committee that there's been a breach and this should be referred to a petition. So, I suppose there's an issue, firstly, in terms of the standards…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 10
So, if that—. So, Graham—. Oh, sorry, I beg your pardon.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 10
I beg your pardon.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 10
So, you might have a very low turnout, but if 10 per cent of that turnout—or whatever the turnout is—decide this should now go to a recall vote, you would then be asking people to come out a second time to vote, and that would be on a simple majority vote. Is…
