15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 3
Bye, then.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 3
Okay, Ruth. Thank you very much for that. Is there anything that any Member wants to raise in relation to Ruth's concluding remarks there? No. Okay. Well, thank you all very much. Thank you, Ruth, for giving evidence to committee today. You will be sent a…
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 3
Okay, Ruth.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 3
Okay, Sam, thank you very much. Ruth, is there anything you want to say in response to Sam's final remarks or in general on any other aspect of the proposed legislation?
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 3
Sam Rowlands.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 3
Thanks for that. And, finally from me, what's your view on how the Welsh Government should assess which financial schemes to introduce under section 29 of the Bill—that part that relates to Welsh Ministers making regulations to provide for schemes of…
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 3
Okay. Ruth, I wonder if you might offer us any thoughts on the practicalities of promoting diversity in terms of socioeconomic characteristics, because it's quite difficult, isn't it, to define who sits where in socioeconomic terms. Is that something that the…
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 3
Okay, thanks, Sam. Jayne Bryant.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 3
Okay, Joel. Sam.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 3
Okay, Carolyn? Joel James.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 3
Okay, Ruth, that's absolutely fine. We'll turn to other committee members, then, for those further questions, and, firstly, Carolyn Thomas.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 3
We've reached item 4 on our agenda today, then, our third evidence session on the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill. I'm very pleased to welcome, joining us virtually, Ruth Coombs, head of Wales, Equality and Human Rights Commission. Thank you very…
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 2
Okay. Committee will break briefly before our third and final evidence session for today.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 2
I see. Okay. Well, thank you very much for that. You will be sent a transcript to check for factual accuracy in the usual way. Thank you, all, very much for coming in to give evidence to committee today. Diolch yn fawr.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 2
Yes, I see. Okay. Just one further question from me before we conclude the session. It's just going back to the earlier points on the electoral management board, and the democracy and boundary commission being the right body to establish that electoral…
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 2
Yes. Okay. And that needs to be bottomed out by the lawyers, then, really.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 2
Oh, I see. Okay. So, it's more a question of competence, really, in terms of what this legislation in Wales might be able to do or not?
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 2
Okay, Carolyn. Thanks. If we could move on to campaign finance and notional expenditure. Jess, I think it's the society's view, isn't it, that bringing this legislation in line with the UK Government's Elections Act 2022 isn't sufficient, and that, in terms…
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 2
Okay, that's very clear, Liz. Thank you very much. Carolyn. Carolyn Thomas.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 2
Okay, Carolyn. Jayne.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 2
I see. Okay. No other thoughts on that. Carolyn.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 2
Is that useful, do other panel members think?
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 2
Could I just ask, Jayne, before you go on? Socioeconomic circumstance, I think, is interesting, isn't it, because actually it undercuts protected characteristics and cuts across many relatively under-represented groups in Wales. But defining what would be the…
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 2
Okay. Anybody want to add to that? No. You're all content with that. Jayne.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn Dystiolaeth 2
Okay, Joel. Diolch yn fawr. If we move on to diversity issues, perhaps I might ask you, Megan, initially, in terms of Disability Wales, whether you think that putting the current access to elected office fund on a statutory footing is the right way to…
