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Group 7: Standards of Conduct Committee (Amendments 25, 26, 46, 47, 32, 5, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54, 29, 30, 8)
Yes, move, Chair.
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Group 7: Standards of Conduct Committee (Amendments 25, 26, 46, 47, 32, 5, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54, 29, 30, 8)
Thank you, Chair. I'm grateful to all Members who have engaged in the amendments and discussed those here this morning. There is clearly a broad consensus about what's trying to be achieved with the amendments that have been laid by Members from across the…
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Group 7: Standards of Conduct Committee (Amendments 25, 26, 46, 47, 32, 5, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54, 29, 30, 8)
My amendment 26 goes alongside amendment 25 as it removes the section related to the Standards of Conduct Committee on the face of the Bill as it stands. My amendment 29 would ensure that Schedule 1B relating to disqualification of persons from being lay…
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Group 7: Standards of Conduct Committee (Amendments 25, 26, 46, 47, 32, 5, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54, 29, 30, 8)
Thank you. Chair, as you mentioned, group 7 refers to the Standards of Conduct Committee within this legislation. My lead amendment 25 strengthens the independence and transparency of the committee. It ensures that certain office holders, including the First…
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Group 7: Standards of Conduct Committee (Amendments 25, 26, 46, 47, 32, 5, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54, 29, 30, 8)
Thank you, Chair. I lead a number of these groups today, I just want to make sure I get my notes in order.
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Group 6: Review and interpretation of Part 1 (Amendments 24, 1)
Thank you, Chair. I think it's just a general principle again about strengthening the legislation. I hear the Counsel General's comments that the Senedd should be mindful of a report produced elsewhere. What I'm trying to do is ensure that a report is…
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Group 6: Review and interpretation of Part 1 (Amendments 24, 1)
Thank you, Chair. Group 6 is the review and interpretation of Part 1, and my amendment 24, I believe, ensures transparency and accountability in the operation of the recall mechanism. It requires Ministers to report on the operation and effect of the recall…
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Group 5: Remit of the Electoral Management Board (Amendments 23, 55)
Thank you.
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Group 5: Remit of the Electoral Management Board (Amendments 23, 55)
Okay. Well, I'll wait for the question.
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Group 5: Remit of the Electoral Management Board (Amendments 23, 55)
But would that allow amendment 55 to continue?
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Group 5: Remit of the Electoral Management Board (Amendments 23, 55)
Yes, thank you, Chair. I certainly wouldn't disagree with the comments by Joyce Watson and I'm also open to the comments by the Counsel General. So, I'm just thinking, procedurally, Chair, because my amendment is the lead amendment, there's no—
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Group 5: Remit of the Electoral Management Board (Amendments 23, 55)
Thank you, Chair. I will move amendment 23. In group 5, on the remit of the electoral management board, the two amendments that are in there—mine and that led by Lesley Griffiths—I think probably are trying to seek to achieve the same outcome. We're probably…
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Group 3: Regulations about recall polls (Amendments 21, 22)
Yes. I move, Chair.
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Group 3: Regulations about recall polls (Amendments 21, 22)
Thank you, Chair. I note the Counsel General's comments on amendment 21, and I can understand the reasons given. I still think it strengthens the Bill if there's a 'must' there. Because whilst I understand that the practical outcomes would be the same, I…
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Group 3: Regulations about recall polls (Amendments 21, 22)
Thank you, Chair. Group 3, regulations about recall polls, refers to section 11 of the Bill as laid, and section 11 provides Welsh Ministers with the power to make regulations governing how recall polls will operate in practice. These, of course, are not just…
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Group 2: Trigger event B: recall guidance (Amendments 40, 18, 3, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 19, 20)
Thank you, Chair. I think, broadly, the amendments laid by colleagues and myself are seeking to achieve the same outcomes. But I will speak specifically to the amendments I've laid as they are. Amendment 18 makes it mandatory for Welsh Ministers to issue…
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Group 1: Trigger event A: courts to notify the Presiding Officer (Amendments 16, 17)
Yes, I move, Chair.
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Group 1: Trigger event A: courts to notify the Presiding Officer (Amendments 16, 17)
Thank you, Chair. I've heard the Counsel General's remarks. I remain to be convinced to support those, so I'll continue to move the amendments.
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Group 1: Trigger event A: courts to notify the Presiding Officer (Amendments 16, 17)
Thank you, Chair. I move amendment 16. I just want to set out in my opening remarks our broader support for the aims of the Bill as the Government have laid it, and specifically begin today by making it clear that we support the introduction of the recall…
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The Land Transaction Tax (Modification of Relief for Acquisitions Involving Multiple Dwellings) (Wales) Regulations 2026
The Welsh Conservatives will be voting against these regulations as laid today. The Cabinet Secretary referred to the consultation responses that came through. A number of those responses pointed to the fact that these regulations would penalise investments…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, I certainly support the work at the Wrexham Gateway project, and the involvement of the Welsh Government to financially support that as well. As we've already heard, it has the opportunity to be transformative for that part of Wrexham, by…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you for your response, Cabinet Secretary. One of the important areas that people in north Wales are concerned about is public transport and transport more broadly. It was announced in May of last year that it would be a £2.1 billion spent on network…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
8. What benefits will the Welsh Government's budget for 2026-27 deliver for people in North Wales? OQ63782
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you for your response, Cabinet Secretary. The First Minister was refreshingly honest in her assessment, I would say. And perhaps it's not your fault, though, because, of course, you're a socialist, and so are Plaid Cymru to your side, who have been…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Diolch, Llywydd. Cabinet Secretary, the First Minister recently said that your interest has never been in the economy. Is she wrong?
