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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Electoral Reform
Firstly, in terms of the single transferable vote, I really do hope there will be examples. We've been through the process of changing legislation to enable that to happen. I think we've rightly made it a responsibility and an empowerment of local government…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Electoral Reform
Thank you for those points. If I take that last one, again, the issue of ID cards is something we have debated, but I think it is very clear that a senior Cabinet Minister, who was in the Government at the time the decision was taken and the Bill was going…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Electoral Reform
I thank Peredur for those comments and his positive questions on that. With regard to local government and proportional voting, as I say, what the Welsh Government has done is given the possibility to local authorities to actually make that particular choice…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Electoral Reform
Thank you for all those questions. I'll try and answer them all. I thank you also for the positive way on most of the points. Perhaps I ought to at least start with the first point that you raised, which was, of course, the issue of a purported voter fraud…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Electoral Reform
To do this, we are working with local authorities and key electoral stakeholders to develop an automatic registration pilot scheme. We are working together to establish the most effective and accurate way to register voters without application and to…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Electoral Reform
Our White Paper, published in October, described our ambition to enable every citizen to play their full part in our democracy and lay the foundations for future innovation and improvement. Today I want to set out the breadth of our improvements to date and…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Electoral Reform
Thank you, Llywydd. I welcome this opportunity to expand on my written statement of 30 March, where I outlined the next steps on our journey to deliver this Government's commitment to reduce the democratic deficit in Wales and develop an electoral system fit…
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Welsh Conservatives' Debate: The Coronation
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Members will be aware of my statement to the Senedd yesterday when I extended my sincerest warm wishes and congratulations on the event of the coronation. As I said yesterday, we've been working closely with the UK Government and with…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Coronation of HM King Charles III
Thank you for those comments. The point you made at the end, I think, is actually quite an important one. We certainly do have a whole variety of views within our country, and all the opinion polls show that, whether they be views on the monarchy and so on…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Coronation of HM King Charles III
Well, thank you for your question. Let me start, first of all, with the issue of foodbanks, and I fully understand the point that is made in terms of money being spent and in terms of the dire state in terms of some of our communities and the increasing…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Coronation of HM King Charles III
Well, can I thank the Member firstly for his comments and the two questions that he has put? You raised a constitutional issue with regard to a reformed UK, and really what might be the role of the royal family and role of the King with regard to, I suppose…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Coronation of HM King Charles III
Well, thank you for those comments. Of course, the coronation is a reserved matter. The spending on the coronation is not a matter within the decision making of Welsh Government. What I've tried to do in the statement I've made is to say that we recognise the…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Coronation of HM King Charles III
Firstly, thank you for your comments, and I can, of course, reiterate the fact that Welsh Government has been working with the UK Government and other devolved Governments, and that also there has been the coronation working group for Wales that has been set…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Coronation of HM King Charles III
If you will be celebrating over the coming weekend, I hope you have a wonderful time. But, most especially, on behalf of the Welsh Government and on behalf of the people of Wales, I offer our sincerest warm wishes and congratulations. Thank you, Llywydd.
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Coronation of HM King Charles III
The use of the new Cross of Wales, a gift from the King to the Church in Wales, made of Welsh materials such as slate, reclaimed wood, and silver from the Royal Mint in Llantrisant, to lead the King’s coronation procession at Westminster Abbey, places Wales…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Coronation of HM King Charles III
Thank you, Llywydd. This weekend, the United Kingdom will witness an event not seen for 70 years. The coronation of King Charles will be a solemn occasion for His Majesty personally, and an important one for many across the United Kingdom as a whole. The…
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
Diolch, Llywydd. For me, the reason why I think this legislation has come forward is because of the total incompetence of the UK Government and its total inability to engage with public sector workers. That is why we have this Bill—it's almost an inability to…
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
It is no secret that the Welsh Government opposes this Bill. This Bill is an attack on workers' rights and trade unions. It was 123 years ago that railway workers in Pontypridd took industrial action that the House of Lords declared unlawful. And this led to…
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
Thank you, Llywydd. I move the motion. And I'm grateful for the work of the committee for legislation, justice and constitution and the committee for economy, trade, and rural affairs on this matter, and for the reports they have published. I'm pleased that…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Well, thank you for that supplementary question. I have the great honour each year to attend the memorial event in Ynysangharad park in respect of the Galahad. It's a very moving event, and it's one where I think it is growing year by year as we increasingly…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you for this particular question. The defence and operational matters fall within the responsibility of the UK Government, however I would urge the UK Government to release all information relating to the inquiry.
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Well, thank you for the supplementary question. Sadly, on so many occasions, we have seen this occurring, and we've had to discuss it and to raise it in this Chamber. We did it in terms of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, which was clearly unlawful, and of…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Compliance with international law and human rights conventions is at the heart of everything we do in Wales. We do not see these obligations as optional extras, but consider them fundamental to the functioning of a progressive democracy. As law officer, I…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Well, thank you for the supplementary question. Can I just say, in terms of the innuendo in the first part of your supplementary question, 'supposedly independent', that the commission is independent? It has representatives from all political strands as well…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you for your question. The commission is of course independent of Welsh Government and therefore how they engage with the public on their work is a matter for them to determine.
