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5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 5: Disqualification from being a Member of the Senedd or a candidate: persons not registered in electoral register at an address in Wales (Amendments 57, 38, 39, 40)
Amendment 38, is it moved?
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 5: Disqualification from being a Member of the Senedd or a candidate: persons not registered in electoral register at an address in Wales (Amendments 57, 38, 39, 40)
The question is that amendment 57 be agreed to. Does any Member object? [Objection.] There is objection, and we will therefore move to a vote on amendment 57. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 15, no abstentions, 41 against. Amendment 57 is not agreed.
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 5: Disqualification from being a Member of the Senedd or a candidate: persons not registered in electoral register at an address in Wales (Amendments 57, 38, 39, 40)
Darren Millar to reply to the debate.
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 5: Disqualification from being a Member of the Senedd or a candidate: persons not registered in electoral register at an address in Wales (Amendments 57, 38, 39, 40)
The Counsel General.
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 5: Disqualification from being a Member of the Senedd or a candidate: persons not registered in electoral register at an address in Wales (Amendments 57, 38, 39, 40)
Heledd Fychan.
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 5: Disqualification from being a Member of the Senedd or a candidate: persons not registered in electoral register at an address in Wales (Amendments 57, 38, 39, 40)
Group 5 relates to disqualifications of persons not registered on the electoral register at an address in Wales from being a Member of Parliament or a candidate. The lead amendment is amendment 57. And I call on Darren Millar to move the amendment.
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 5: Disqualification from being a Member of the Senedd or a candidate: persons not registered in electoral register at an address in Wales (Amendments 57, 38, 39, 40)
And I'm hoping that, before the next vote, that somebody could take a hairdryer to Lynne Neagle's voting system, to see if we can dry it out.
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 5: Disqualification from being a Member of the Senedd or a candidate: persons not registered in electoral register at an address in Wales (Amendments 57, 38, 39, 40)
We move now to group 5.
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 4: Increase in maximum number of Welsh Ministers by regulations (Amendments 1, 52, 3)
That’s a commitment, so that’s a request for amendment 3 to be withdrawn. Unless there’s any objection to that, we’ll allow Members to discuss that further before Stage 3.
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 4: Increase in maximum number of Welsh Ministers by regulations (Amendments 1, 52, 3)
We now move to amendment 3. Is it moved?
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 4: Increase in maximum number of Welsh Ministers by regulations (Amendments 1, 52, 3)
It is; the question is that amendment 52 be agreed to. Is there any objection? No, there is no objection to amendment 52. And therefore it is agreed.
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 4: Increase in maximum number of Welsh Ministers by regulations (Amendments 1, 52, 3)
So, we move now to amendment 52. Is it moved?
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 4: Increase in maximum number of Welsh Ministers by regulations (Amendments 1, 52, 3)
The question is that amendment 1 be agreed to. And if amendment 1 is agreed, amendments 52 and 3 fall. Is there any objection to amendment 1? [Objection.] There is objection, and I therefore call for a vote on amendment 1. Open the vote. Close the vote. In…
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 4: Increase in maximum number of Welsh Ministers by regulations (Amendments 1, 52, 3)
Darren Millar to reply.
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 4: Increase in maximum number of Welsh Ministers by regulations (Amendments 1, 52, 3)
Counsel General.
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 4: Increase in maximum number of Welsh Ministers by regulations (Amendments 1, 52, 3)
We move now to group 4, which relates to increasing the maximum number of Welsh Ministers by regulations. The lead amendment in the group is amendment 1, and I call on Darren Millar to move that amendment.
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 3: Minor drafting changes in the Welsh language (Amendments 61, 75, 90, 78, 80, 58)
The proposal is to agree amendment 61. Does any Member object? No. Amendment 61 is therefore agreed.
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 3: Minor drafting changes in the Welsh language (Amendments 61, 75, 90, 78, 80, 58)
The Counsel General, Mick Antoniw.
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 3: Minor drafting changes in the Welsh language (Amendments 61, 75, 90, 78, 80, 58)
Darren Millar.
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 3: Minor drafting changes in the Welsh language (Amendments 61, 75, 90, 78, 80, 58)
We move now to group 3: minor drafting changes in the Welsh language. The lead amendment is amendment 61, and I call on the Counsel General to move the lead amendment and to speak to the group. Mick Antoniw.
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 2: Impact of frequency of ordinary general elections on public appointments (Amendment 35)
So, amendment 35—there's a request to withdraw that amendment. Is there any objection to that withdrawal? There is none. Therefore, amendment 35 is withdrawn.
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 2: Impact of frequency of ordinary general elections on public appointments (Amendment 35)
Darren Millar to respond.
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 2: Impact of frequency of ordinary general elections on public appointments (Amendment 35)
The Counsel General.
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 2: Impact of frequency of ordinary general elections on public appointments (Amendment 35)
We now move to group 2. This group of amendments relates to the impact—[Interruption.]—of the frequency of ordinary general elections on public appointments. The lead amendment in the group is amendment 35, and I call on Darren Millar to move the amendment.
5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd
Group 1: Senedd constituency boundary reviews: definitions and interpretation, representation periods, reports, and implementation (Amendments 59, 60, 76, 77, 91, 98, 100, 79, 105, 25, 54, 55, 56, 108, 15, 110, 16, 17, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115)
Amendment 60 is moved. The question is that amendment 60 be agreed to. Does any Member object? No. Therefore, amendment 60 is agreed