, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
I suppose it would be possible to compare the turnout there with other parts of Wales, for those younger voters at that election, but I guess that's a piece of work—
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Okay. Could I just come back to the pilots, very briefly? You mentioned the Blaenau Gwent one, for example, Colin, so that, in the local college, there was a polling station, and that was available for a few days. So, rather than disperse polling stations…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Okay. Thank you, all, very much on that point; I think that's quite clear. Joel.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
That's great. Clare, do come in if there's anything you want to add. Don't feel you have to, but if you do want to add anything, at any time, now or for the rest of this session, please do. Okay. Thanks very much. We'll move on, then. We go back to Joel, I…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Jayne.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Thank you. Carolyn.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Thanks for that, Colin. I'll just bring in Sam a minute, Joel. Sam.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Joel, shall we just ask Clare if she wanted to add anything? Clare, did you want to add anything?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Okay. Thanks for that. Joel—Joel James.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Yes. So, you could have almost a piece of consolidating legislation.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Yes, so you'd have to either have that change for all of the UK, for general elections, or probably nothing, then, as far as Wales—
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Sure. Would you see it as problematic in any way in practical terms, if a UK Government decided to deal with some of these potential confusion issues in Wales, that for UK elections in Wales, there would be that same register produced by automatic…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Thank you, Jayne. Could I just ask, in terms of the open register and its removal, do you think that might/should happen in advance of this legislation and the coming about of automatic registration?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Yes, okay, Sam. Yes, that's fine. Jayne.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Yes, certainly, Sam.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Okay. Sam.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Yes, that would be great. Clare.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Absolutely, Colin, yes.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
It's very good to hear that, Colin, it really is. Because obviously, whenever we're considering legislation, we're always mindful of that law of unintended consequences and the difficulties that that can produce. Working with the on-the-ground experience…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Okay, Clare. Thanks very much. We'll come on to various matters as we bring in other committee members and, firstly, Luke Fletcher.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Okay, Catherine. Thanks very much. Clare, did you want to give a view for the association?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Yes.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Okay. Welcome back, everyone. We've reached item 6 today, which is our fifth evidence session with regard to the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill, and I'm very pleased to welcome our witnesses joining us here in person: Colin Everett, who's chair of…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 4
Absolutely, yes. Thank you very much, Joel. We'll make sure that's in the record. Okay. Committee will break briefly, then, and hopefully we will resume at 10:35.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 4
Thank you. Bye for now.
