Welsh Conservatives

Speeches and questions

Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

694 speeches and questions

18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with academics
Aren't you? Okay. I do apologise.
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with academics
Professor Gomes.
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with academics
Vertical and horizontal is important in order to achieve that parity. Because, obviously, it's interesting—when I've looked at the evidence of where quotas are in play, obviously, even where there are quotas on candidacy, very often it's still a…
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with academics
Any other comments about very similar—? Yes, Professor Krook.
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with academics
And can I also ask—? You mentioned Mexico just there; we know that many countries obviously use quota systems. Are there any that are similar to the one that's being proposed by the Welsh Government here?
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with academics
Professor Krook.
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with academics
Thank you. Professor Kenny, do you have any views on this matter?
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with academics
I saw your comments, actually, that you think that some sort of ID should be attached to the candidate registration process, so the candidate is required to present ID. Do you think it would be more straightforward and easier, therefore, to have 'I'm either a…
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with academics
Thank you. Can I thank you for the written evidence, which was very, very interesting from all three of you? As you know, this Bill is going to allow people to effectively self-identify their gender for the purposes of being a candidate. You've already made…
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Electoral Commission's Welsh Parliament Parties Panel
Great, thank you.
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Electoral Commission's Welsh Parliament Parties Panel
And presumably, you'd be the same, Joanna, in the Labour Party.
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Electoral Commission's Welsh Parliament Parties Panel
So, it's not going to stop you filling all your slots—that's the question, I suppose is a better way of phrasing it.
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Electoral Commission's Welsh Parliament Parties Panel
And just one final question, if I may, and that is: do you think that the Bill, as it's currently written, would influence the number of candidates that your political parties might stand in an election, at all?
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Electoral Commission's Welsh Parliament Parties Panel
Well, we've got the Bill as it is. Would you welcome any guidance, Geraint, Tom?
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Electoral Commission's Welsh Parliament Parties Panel
But would you like some clear guidance as to the questions you can and can't ask of candidates, and whether you should accept something on face value or not? Those sorts of things.
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Electoral Commission's Welsh Parliament Parties Panel
And, presumably, you'd welcome some guidance on some of these things, would you, statutory guidance that you can use to help you comply with any new arrangements that might emerge as a result of the new law in this area? Joanna.
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Electoral Commission's Welsh Parliament Parties Panel
Yes. And Joanna.
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Electoral Commission's Welsh Parliament Parties Panel
Yes, but for the purposes of those lists at the moment, do you allow people to self-identify as women, so non-biological women—
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Electoral Commission's Welsh Parliament Parties Panel
Can I ask this question? I'll come to you in a second, Joanna, and you can pick this up in response to the same question, if you like. What about this issue of self-identification as a woman? Do you keep a record, as parties, of those people who are male…
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Electoral Commission's Welsh Parliament Parties Panel
I see.
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Electoral Commission's Welsh Parliament Parties Panel
Yes. And any new checks that you might need to introduce, Geraint?
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Electoral Commission's Welsh Parliament Parties Panel
Thanks. And, obviously, I'm more familiar with the process in my own party in terms of checks that are done on candidates before they are selected, but presumably those checks, in the Conservative Party, anyway, wouldn't change too much, Tom, although you'd…
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Electoral Commission's Welsh Parliament Parties Panel
Yes. And Joanna.
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Electoral Commission's Welsh Parliament Parties Panel
And what about resourcing to help parties with outreach to under-represented groups? Is that something that might be helpful?
18 April 2024Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Electoral Commission's Welsh Parliament Parties Panel
Okay. Thanks, Geraint. Tom.