, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Chepstow bypass
We have proposed amendments to the motion to try and encompass some of the wider issues in Wales's transport network. Our amendments also seek to address the barriers preventing local communities from making their own transport decisions. The transport…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Chepstow bypass
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. I move the amendment.
, Plenary
Motion under Standing Order 26.91 seeking the Senedd's agreement to introduce a Member Bill—British Sign Language (BSL) (Wales) Bill
Diolch to Mark for bringing this Member Bill before us today. I wish you well with this development. I wanted to make a couple of points in support of the Bill and the possible benefits of its introduction. Recently, I attended a meeting with Welsh Women’s…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 6
Just on this, wearing a different committee Chair's hat, I suppose, the financial aspects will need to be looked into carefully, and, as Mark said, that balance between the two. On that financial and possibly other aspect as well, should the person be allowed…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 6
Sorry, if I may. Just on this point, regardless of whether or not the gender quota Bill goes through, there's a very good chance that parties will decide the zip within their lists anyway, because it's something that is a matter of principle. For example, if…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 6
Okay. Well, I think that's exhausted my questions this morning. Thank you.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 6
But the only alternative then is if somebody was elected as an independent. Do you then leave that seat vacant because that changes the balance?
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 6
And on that list system, I'm assuming—and you'll correct me if I'm wrong—that it should be the initial list that that person was elected upon, rather than if that person had changed parties or changed to be sitting as an independent. So, it would…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 6
And an alternative voting system or an STV system for a by-election is something that you wouldn't consider.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 6
And because it's a paired constituency, would you have a threshold of 10 per cent in one and in the other, or 10 per cent overall, or whatever the threshold would be?
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 6
And you said earlier that 10 per cent feels about right, because, in a paired constituency, that would still be a substantial vote. If it reaches that 10 per cent, if it's held over time, when you reach the 10 per cent do you stop, or do you keep it going?…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 6
And would you have that on one specific date, similar to a by-election, or would you have it open for a number of weeks, similar to a recall petition in Westminster?
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 6
That then leads to a threshold, rather than—. Would you allow people to vote by proxy, by post?
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 6
In what you explained earlier, though, there'd be three options, but you're talking now as if it's a binary choice, or just one. How would you see it working? So, do you see it as a referendum where you've got two questions or a referendum where you've got…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 6
Sorry, would a simple majority then be—?
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 6
But there would be two candidates because the next person on the list would be the other candidate, potentially.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 6
Of course. Let's assume that a trigger has been hit, and one of those elements has happened, and that we are going through the process of a petition or another process. If we were having a recall petition—. We've had some evidence from lots of different…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 6
It depends, doesn't it? If we reduce the disqualification element down to six months, and then anything below six months would trigger, does that trigger automatically then trigger a recall or a petition or whatever process that we decide, or does it trigger…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 6
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Bore da, Mick. Just on something that you said in relation to Vikki, and I asked the previous witness as well, if you changed the fact that the trigger could be a custodial sentence, possibly below six months—. Say somebody had a custodial…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 5
Thank you very much. Diolch. Diolch, Cadeirydd.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 5
[Inaudible.]—ask somebody.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 5
It was just something that I was thinking about over the weekend and thought maybe we should be considering it.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 5
Just a quick question around if we've got a robust systems to trigger a petition or a process. Something that occurred to me: if somebody had a prison sentence on a matter of conscience, is that different from anything else, or would it still be subject to…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 5
Thank you. That's me done, thank you, Chair.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 5
And if the individual resigned during that six weeks, or three weeks or whatever, would you just stop the petition?
