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Group 14: Disqualification from being a Member of Senedd Cymru and local government (Amendments 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
Thank you. Well, I've been pleased to be able to work with Joel James on the amendments, and 24, tabled by Peter Fox. Thank you for raising this important issue, Joel. Can I thank Peter Fox for amendments 20, 21 and 22? However, I won't be supporting them…
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Group 13: Independent Remuneration Board of the Senedd (Amendment 42)
Diolch, Llywydd. Firstly, just to say, that I think the issues that have been raised, I know they're ones that are probably shared by a number. It's an area of debate and it does resonate with many Members, I am sure. But can I just say that it's a matter for…
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Group 12: Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru—functions relating to remuneration of elected Members (Amendments 40, 41)
Diolch, Llywydd. Just to say that, obviously, transparency in respect of the method of determination and levels of local elected member remuneration is, indeed, an important public matter and a matter of public interest. However, the Bill does provide already…
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Group 11: Publication of contact details for community councils (Amendment 39)
I thank Adam Price for the amendment. I won't be supporting it. Section 54(2) of the Bill requires each principal council to publish and maintain on its website an up-to-date list of all the communities and community councils in its area with their current…
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Group 10: Electoral arrangements reviews (Amendments 2, 3, 4, 5)
Moved.
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Group 10: Electoral arrangements reviews (Amendments 2, 3, 4, 5)
Moved.
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Group 10: Electoral arrangements reviews (Amendments 2, 3, 4, 5)
Moved.
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Group 10: Electoral arrangements reviews (Amendments 2, 3, 4, 5)
I thank the Member for the comments, and I've taken note, very much, of those comments. I'm very much aware of them. One of the reasons for creating the duty is I'm sure that the positive engagement and the obligation to engage will result, I'm sure, in many…
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Group 10: Electoral arrangements reviews (Amendments 2, 3, 4, 5)
Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. I welcome the opportunity to open the debate on this group of amendments, which are concerned with electoral arrangements reviews. Feedback from the 2017 programme of electoral arrangements reviews, which culminated with Orders for…
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Group 9: Welsh language requirements for returning officers (Amendments 37, 38, 51)
There's no contradiction because the objective and my support for the objective is absolutely there, it's really the practical mechanics of actually getting to that and raising the two specific issues that I think I have raised. One is the as yet unspecified…
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Group 9: Welsh language requirements for returning officers (Amendments 37, 38, 51)
Certainly, yes.
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Group 9: Welsh language requirements for returning officers (Amendments 37, 38, 51)
Can I thank Adam for the points that he's raised and the various arguments that he's put, and, of course, we did have some of these at the last stage? Can I say that there is much of what Adam has said that I'm in complete agreement with, in particular with…
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Group 8: Financial assistance scheme—operation (Amendments 35, 19)
Amendment 35 would allow Welsh Ministers to make regulations making provisions for candidate care and support costs to enable them to participate in the election. The provision in the Bill as introduced enables schemes for financial assistance to be provided…
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Group 7: Welsh elections information platform (Amendments 17, 18, 31, 1, 32, 33, 34)
If I might just start, because there have been several references to the RNIB—I might have mentioned this in one of the earlier amendments, but it's equally been raised here—just to say that we are in regular engagement with the RNIB. In fact, there was a…
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Group 6: Diversity in persons seeking elected office (Amendment 16)
Diolch Llywydd. Thank you, Peter, for opening this debate. I'll speak to amendment 16. The amendment would require candidate surveys to include questions about candidates’ experience of abuse and harassment. As I explained during Stage 2 proceedings, the Bill…
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Group 5: Assistance for voters with disabilities (Amendments 15, 30)
Diolch, Llywydd, and thank you for all the points that have been made, and they've been well made. My preferred approach, as I did say at Stage 2, is to place duties on returning officers via subordinate legislation. The Welsh Government and, certainly, I…
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Group 4: Electoral reform regulations (Amendments 13, 14)
Diolch, Llywydd. Well, I thank Peter Fox for tabling the amendments, but I won't be supporting amendments 13 or 14. Electoral law already specifies numerous offences in various situations, so amendment 13 would, essentially, exclude these entirely from all…
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Group 3: Welsh elections piloting powers and regulations (Amendments 9, 10, 11, 12)
Diolch, Llywydd. Thank you, Peter Fox, for opening the debate on the amendments in this group, and thanks also for the contribution made by Adam Price. I'll speak first to amendment 9. This amendment adds frequency of electoral cycles to the list of matters…
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Group 2: Electoral registration (Amendments 7, 28, 8, 29)
Diolch, Llywydd. Can I thank Peter Fox and Adam Price for their contributions? I'll speak first to amendment 7. Amendment 7, as has been mentioned, changes the 45-day notice period of intention to register by the registration officer to 60 days. I am able to…
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Group 1: Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru—functions (Amendments 26, 27, 36)
Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. I hope, in due course, you'll be as generous with myself, if the need arises. The matters that Adam has raised are indeed very important matters—matters that, I think, exercise all of our minds. The Bill does contain a number of…
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Motion to vary the order of consideration of Stage 3 amendments to the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill
I move the motion.
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Questions to the Counsel General
Thank you for raising those important and I think very distressing—particularly distressing for the families involved in those incidents. We can understand absolutely the distress that they have suffered as a result of that. And of course, again, there have…
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Questions to the Counsel General
Thank you for your question. The Human Tissue Act 2004 established the Human Tissue Authority to regulate activities concerning the removal, storage, use and disposal of human tissue. NHS hospital mortuaries that undertake licensable activity, such as…
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Questions to the Counsel General
Well, can I thank you? It is a very important piece of work that needs to take place, and there is work that is ongoing. There has been considerable progress, and, as I tell people very regularly, we are now creating a whole new Welsh legal dictionary—one…
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Questions to the Counsel General
Well, we are committed to improving the accessibility of the law and, as part of our vision for promoting and facilitating Welsh as a language of the law, we wish to see all statutory instruments being made and published bilingually in up-to-date form.
