3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Diolch. Thank you.
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Say somebody, in that situation that Mark was just talking about, had reached 10 per cent, they'd been removed from office, they have no way of restanding during that Senedd term. Obviously, in a by-election in Westminster, somebody could put their name…
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Diolch, Vikki. Thanks for that, Joe.
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Say we put that arbitrary 10 per cent in, once it had hit 10 per cent, would you close that petition down, or would you have it open for six weeks, I think, or would you have it for longer, or shorter, or what—?
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
And then, on that ballot paper, would it just be for the petition, or would you want it to show that you're dissatisfied with the petition and therefore wanted to keep the person in their role?
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
And from what you're saying there, it would be open to everybody on the voter roll for that constituency, or paired constituency, at that time.
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
If we move on to just how that potentially could be run to get as many people to participate as possible, would you be in favour of opening it up to postal, to proxy, to all the ways that you could vote in the Senedd election? And maybe your thoughts on an…
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Ten per cent for an MP triggers a by-election. So, somebody could in theory win their seat with 40 per cent of the vote, and get removed with 10 per cent of the vote, potentially.
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
You've touched there on some of the potential issues. Ten per cent is the current Westminster petition limit. Does that make sense in this situation, or does it need to vary? Is there a different mechanism that says, potentially, that it has to be higher than…
3 Mehefin 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol o'r Senedd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Yes. Thank you, Joe. It’s been interesting to listen to your comments and thoughts this morning. Just before we go into some of the mechanics of a petition, is a petition the best way forward in your opinion, given the way that we’re going to be electing…
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Exactly. Well, that brings us to our time. Thank you so much. The hour has flown by. It's always a pleasure to have you here. Thank you so much for giving up your morning to be with us and to share your experience and understanding of the different roles that…
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
I'm surprised, in Mike's question there, that he didn't use his catchphrase of 'show your workings', because I think that's one of the things that this committee in particular asks.
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
I think, in our context, more so it's generally mediating between everybody else and the Treasury, rather than being inter-governmental, because it's within Governments as well that the Treasury holds the purse strings—even dealing with other departments as…
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Yes, probably.
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
And I suppose giving it some authority.
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Okay, thank you.
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
And would that body—? I know you're talking of the legislative Houses in Westminster, and then this place and the other devolved Parliaments. Would there be scope, there, to have the voice of some of those mayors and devolved aspects of England as well, just…
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
So, they can't say, 'I don't want to turn up'; they're obliged to turn up.
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Do you see that body as an arbiter, or as a body of discussion?
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
I think it boils down to having one version of the truth, I suppose, to be able to get to that—. Everybody's agreed on, 'Well, those are the facts', and how you interpret them is different, but it's having one fixed point, so that at least you've got a chance…
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Of course we would, yes.
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
One of the things that we have heard in this committee is that, on official level, things might be better than on a political level, and that might be a distinction. That is something that we've heard from different witnesses—that official to official…
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Well, if we're challenging that there's not enough coming from Westminster out, is there enough going out, into Westminster, I suppose, or from the devolved nations into Westminster as well?
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
On that point, do you think the other way around as well—so, not necessarily the information and the transparency coming from Westminster, that way, but is enough information sent the other way as well, to allow for inter-parliamentary scrutiny of, not…
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Sorry, Peter—
