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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
Can I thank the Member very much for, certainly, agreeing to some of the proposals, the four-year terms, also the residency requirement that will be introduced by this legislation? Just in response to his comments about scrutiny and so on, the issue of…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
I firmly believe that this is an opportunity that we must grasp. I look forward to scrutiny of the Bill by Members and to hearing the views of stakeholders, delivery partners and the public during the legislative process. Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd.
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
We must grasp this opportunity.
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
The Senedd has responsibility for scrutinising the expenditure of more than £24 billion each year. It will take an improvement in value of around 0.07 per cent of this budget to offset the cost of investing in the Senedd’s capacity—that is less than one tenth…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
The value and importance that we place on our democratic institutions and their importance to Wales, now and in the future, is the challenge. This is about the value we place on the ability to represent all the people of Wales in making decisions on their…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
The Welsh Government has worked with partners to develop detailed cost estimates that set out the projected financial implications of this legislation over an eight-year period. From 2031 onwards, the Bill will entail an estimated annual cost of between £14.5…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
Of course, change is never easy; there is never a good time to make change. Investing in our democracy has a cost attached to it, but the long-term cost will be greater if we fail to seize this opportunity now.
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
In Wales we value our democracy, the rule of law and our accountability to the people of Wales, who elect us. It is therefore vital that we continually seek to refresh, improve and modernise our democracy to make it fit for the many challenges we face as a…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
In Wales we value our democracy, the rule of law and our accountability to the people of Wales who elect us. It's therefore vital that we continually seek to refresh, improve and modernise our democracy to make it fit for the many challenges we face as a…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. The eighteenth of September 1997 was an historic and momentous day in the history of Wales, in the history of the Welsh people and the Welsh nation. For it was on that day we voted for a new voice for the people of Wales and to bring…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Well, thank you for that comment. You make good points, and you made specific reference, I think, to the report that was commissioned by Sir Keir Starmer. It was his report, the Gordon Brown report; it was a report that he wanted. It is one that has been…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Well, I hope that any new UK Government would pursue a different path and that they would support the devolution settlement and collaborative inter-governmental working, instead of undermining the constitution and the union of the United Kingdom.
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you very much, and thank you for that clarification of those points that were made earlier. One of the areas of concern we do have, of course, is that we are only now really seeing some of the work from within Cardiff University, getting an…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you for your question. We continue to work alongside the Ministry of Justice on the provision of disaggregated data. We are also taking forward our own work—notably we published a dashboard on youth justice on 31 August. This will be the first of a…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Well, can I just say that I understand that you are representing your constituents, residential mobile home site owners, but I think any question on proposals for the future of the commission rate payable on the sale of residential mobile homes really needs…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you for your question. The Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013 and the Mobile Homes (Selling and Gifting) (Wales) Regulations 2014 prescribe the maximum amount of commission that is payable to the site owner by the new occupier upon sale of a mobile home…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
As far as I'm aware there are no discussions on any clear matters in terms of the issue of rejoining. Whatever personal views I or others may have, that is not on the agenda at the moment. I think what is on the agenda is, actually, damage limitations with…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Well, what—[Interruption.]
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you for your supplementary question and also, again, thanks to you and others within this Chamber who have carried on the work on, I suppose, the vicarious body that's been set up to keep some relationship going after we had to leave the Committee of…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you for your question. The Welsh Government remains committed to long-standing relationships with EU partners, and also maximising the benefits of the trade and co-operation agreement, supported through our international strategy, appointed…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you, you raise a very valid point and, of course, the court in question I think is within your constituency, so it's a matter not only of concern more broadly, but also in terms of your constituency responsibilities. As you say, it is a reserved matter…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you for your question. I have discussed the condition of the court estate with the justice Minister, Lord Bellamy, in our regular meetings on many occasions, and I have raised this issue in writing with the new Lord Chancellor. I continue to press the…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you again for raising this particular point. Of course, one of the real unfortunate developments over the past decade or so has actually been, as a consequence of legal aid cuts since the 2013 Act, the demise of law centres—law centres that were so…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
The Welsh Government has long recognised the vitally important role of legal advice providers in the third sector and the legal sector in supporting people across Wales, including the most vulnerable, as evidenced by our single advice fund and our support for…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Well, certainly my position, my analysis of what has happened, doesn’t change. There is of course a new shadow pensions Minister, I think, Gill Furniss, Member of Parliament. I’m sure the position of the Welsh Government remains the same—that there’s been an…
