18 Ebrill 2024 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau diwygio etholiadol
Okay. Thank you very much.
18 Ebrill 2024 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau diwygio etholiadol
Okay. Thank you. And you, Hannah?
18 Ebrill 2024 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau diwygio etholiadol
Thank you for that. Can I just ask you a little bit more about the electoral system, if I can? So, obviously, the Bill focuses on people having to declare, at the point that they become candidates, whether they are a woman or not a woman, and there's no…
18 Ebrill 2024 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau diwygio etholiadol
And so transport, ICT, childcare or any other caring responsibilities that someone might have, income forgone if they're having to take time off work in order to campaign—they're the sorts of costs you think that, because they're barriers, we could try to…
18 Ebrill 2024 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau diwygio etholiadol
Okay, and—
18 Ebrill 2024 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau diwygio etholiadol
I mean, as you both indicated, I think, in the evidence you've sent in, both written and the oral evidence today, many of those barriers are barriers for people who are not white male middle-class as well. I came from a working-class background, and many…
18 Ebrill 2024 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau diwygio etholiadol
You mentioned earlier on, I think, Hannah, just about the fact that your organisation works with women all the way through the process, from them expressing an interest in politics to joining a party and perhaps considering becoming a candidate et cetera…
18 Ebrill 2024 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Panel Arbenigol ar Ddiwygio Etholiadol y Cynulliad
I appreciate that. I think the Welsh Government does have some funding that it made available to support disabled candidates, so the Welsh Government is already active in this area of trying to promote diversity by resourcing; I think that was more resourcing…
18 Ebrill 2024 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Panel Arbenigol ar Ddiwygio Etholiadol y Cynulliad
In terms of trying to recruit, I know my own party, for example, works very hard to try and encourage women candidates to take an interest in politics, to come forward, and to apply to be candidates in different seats, but we've only had limited success. I…
18 Ebrill 2024 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Panel Arbenigol ar Ddiwygio Etholiadol y Cynulliad
Well, I think she said she didn't have the answers. Perhaps if anybody else has some, I'll be happy to listen.
18 Ebrill 2024 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Panel Arbenigol ar Ddiwygio Etholiadol y Cynulliad
Thank you. Obviously, gender quotas are one way to address the imbalance in terms of the gender in a Parliament, but what other barriers and action might be taken in order to address the gender imbalance? And particularly, what support could be offered to…
18 Ebrill 2024 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Panel Arbenigol ar Ddiwygio Etholiadol y Cynulliad
Okay, thank you.
18 Ebrill 2024 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Panel Arbenigol ar Ddiwygio Etholiadol y Cynulliad
I see. So, it's more about position on the list. So, we all need to change our names to something beginning with 'A'.
18 Ebrill 2024 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Panel Arbenigol ar Ddiwygio Etholiadol y Cynulliad
Right.
18 Ebrill 2024 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Panel Arbenigol ar Ddiwygio Etholiadol y Cynulliad
And just one final question, if I may, Chair. It is in relation to the provisions in the Bill. You asked a question earlier on about open and flexible lists, and I already know your views on that. But can I just ask, if there were to be no gender zipping…
18 Ebrill 2024 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Panel Arbenigol ar Ddiwygio Etholiadol y Cynulliad
So, you could have slightly different arrangements for the first election under the system versus the second, for example if there was a historical imbalance that needed to be addressed by the larger political parties in the first one, couldn't you? That…
18 Ebrill 2024 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Panel Arbenigol ar Ddiwygio Etholiadol y Cynulliad
And if we're looking for parity, isn't it better to have a requirement for actual zipping, rather than this alternative requirement, which isn't complete zipping, is it, which could lead to that imbalance? Isn't it better to just safeguard it and say, 'Right…
18 Ebrill 2024 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Panel Arbenigol ar Ddiwygio Etholiadol y Cynulliad
So, just on the basis of that, you would rather see a requirement that was for absolute zipping. That was what you recommended in the report, of course—your own report.
18 Ebrill 2024 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Panel Arbenigol ar Ddiwygio Etholiadol y Cynulliad
Yes, can I just go back to the quota system that's proposed? I heard what you all said in terms of the desirability of the zipping and of the horizontal zipping, as it were—vertical and horizontal. This Bill of course does not just allow for zipping, it…
17 Ebrill 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig: Trafnidiaeth
Mae trafnidiaeth wedi’i ddatganoli ers amser maith. Anghofiwch am drafnidiaeth rheilffyrdd am eiliad, beth am ffyrdd? Beth am ffyrdd? Pam nad oes gennym ffordd well yn cysylltu gogledd a de Cymru? Mae ein ffyrdd yn wirioneddol erchyll, a bu eich cyn…
17 Ebrill 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig: Trafnidiaeth
A wnewch chi dderbyn ymyriad?
17 Ebrill 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig: Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru
Wel, rwy'n ei ddweud nawr. O ran eu cefnogaeth gydag achosion unigol, y bu'n rhaid i bob un ohonom yn y Siambr hon ymgysylltu â hwy yn eu cylch, ac wrth gwrs mae wedi bod yn braf gweld pa mor gyflym y rhoddwyd camau ar waith. Yn amlwg, mae problemau gyda…
17 Ebrill 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig: Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru
Ni fyddwn yn anghytuno â chi ynglŷn â gwaith caled swyddfa'r ombwdsmon, yn enwedig—
17 Ebrill 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig: Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru
A wnewch chi dderbyn ymyriad?
17 Ebrill 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig: Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru
Rwy'n derbyn y pwynt a wnewch am annibyniaeth y rôl, ond dyletswydd pob cynrychiolydd etholedig yn y Senedd hon yw herio'r ombwdsmon pan fyddant yn gwneud penderfyniadau sy'n amlwg yn anghywir, fel yn achos penodi'r CB, a oedd â chysylltiadau gwleidyddol…
