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Group 8: Senedd Commissioner for Standards: eligibility (Amendments 27, 52, 28, 53)
I'm offering to have a discussion with all of the current members of the committee, and, indeed, other Members who've shown an interest throughout, about how we might reach a consensus for Stage 3 on this disqualification point.
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Group 8: Senedd Commissioner for Standards: eligibility (Amendments 27, 52, 28, 53)
Forgive me, Cadeirydd; I had forgotten. I'd forgotten that that's the committee's remit.
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Group 8: Senedd Commissioner for Standards: eligibility (Amendments 27, 52, 28, 53)
Fifty-two.
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 8: Senedd Commissioner for Standards: eligibility (Amendments 27, 52, 28, 53)
Fifty-two.
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Group 8: Senedd Commissioner for Standards: eligibility (Amendments 27, 52, 28, 53)
Sorry. Excuse me, Joyce. I might ask you not to put it to the vote—you've already moved it—because I think it requires a further discussion. I think we all probably agree that there are merits in everything that somebody has said today in the committee…
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Group 8: Senedd Commissioner for Standards: eligibility (Amendments 27, 52, 28, 53)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Sam Rowlands's amendments 27 and 28 seek to give effect to the committee's recommendations regarding the eligibility of who can be commissioner. However, I believe that amendments 52 and 53, tabled by Lesley Griffiths, take the right…
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Group 7: Standards of Conduct Committee (Amendments 25, 26, 46, 47, 32, 5, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54, 29, 30, 8)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I have considered the views of this committee and the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee on the provisions of section 18 of the Bill as introduced. I understand that the committee in recommendation 8 and conclusion 9 of its…
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Group 6: Review and interpretation of Part 1 (Amendments 24, 1)
Yes, please.
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Group 6: Review and interpretation of Part 1 (Amendments 24, 1)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. As the committee has heard, amendment 24 would place a requirement on Welsh Ministers to undertake a post-legislative review of Part 1 of the Bill. As I set out in my response to the Finance Committee report, I agree that a review of a new…
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Group 5: Remit of the Electoral Management Board (Amendments 23, 55)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. As I set out in my response to the Stage 1 report, I'm content to accept the committee's recommendation that recall polls should be brought within the remit of the EMB. I note that both amendments in this group seek to achieve substantially…
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Group 4: Disqualification following removal of a Member of the Senedd following a recall poll (Amendment 4)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I don't support this amendment as I don't believe that a Member who has been recalled by their constituents should be disqualified for a period of four years, which would, as Sioned has just said, in effect, prevent them from standing at…
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Group 3: Regulations about recall polls (Amendments 21, 22)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I cannot support amendment 21, which would revise section 11 of the Bill to make it a requirement on Welsh Ministers to make regulations under that section. As I set out in my response to the Stage 1 report, while I recognise the importance…
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Group 2: Trigger event B: recall guidance (Amendments 40, 18, 3, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 19, 20)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Thank you for inviting me to speak. As the committee has heard, amendment 3, tabled by Sioned Williams MS, would require the guidance issued to include examples of conduct that would lead to a recall sanction. It's my expectation that such…
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Group 1: Trigger event A: courts to notify the Presiding Officer (Amendments 16, 17)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I'm really grateful to Sam for bringing forward these amendments to enable the debate to take place. I do recognise that they are in response to the committee's recommendation. I said in response to the committee that I noted the…
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Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill - Stage 2 proceedings
I'll ask them to introduce themselves, Chair.
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The financial resolution in respect of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. As Members will be aware, I did not move the financial resolution motion when the general principles of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill were debated on 13 January. I set out at that point that I wanted to…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Diolch yn fawr, Rhys. I said, and you know how much I regret this, that we haven't been able to bring forward the tribunals Bill to get it into law this Senedd term, but we continue to work on it, and I really hope that it will be an early year 1 Bill in…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Statutory duties to strengthen judicial independence are a central part of our tribunal reform proposals. As part of this, we've consulted on introducing judicial oaths and affirmations for all Welsh tribunal members as a clear public expression of their…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Well, to answer your question directly, there aren't any barriers, of course. What we're concentrating on is making sure that when we get devolution of rail, we get the funding to go with it, and that's the case across all devolution journeys. I would like…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Whilst rail infrastructure is not devolved to Wales, we do continue to make the case for a fair share of funding for rail infrastructure projects at every opportunity.
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Yes. What we do is we have a data-driven approach to waiting lists across the various health boards. I don't drive this; my cabinet colleague Jeremy Miles drives this with his team. What I do is I assist in the interrogation of the data, and I have staff and…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care is responsible for improvements across the health portfolio. My role as Minister for Delivery is to provide targeted support that helps drive progress. The way it works is I meet on a monthly basis with the…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Thank you very much, Lindsay. I'm delighted to answer it. As Minister for Delivery, I work alongside all our health Ministers to help drive momentum behind our health policies. So, my successes are their successes. Together, we are cutting long waiting times…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Yes, absolutely, Delyth. I always have to say this: I'm a WASPI woman myself, so I obviously have an interest in it. So, I would just like to say that. Delyth, at this point, normally tells me I'm the same age as her mother, which always cheers me up. But…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Well, Delyth, state pensions are the responsibility of the Department for Work and Pensions in the UK Government, and Welsh Ministers do not have devolved powers in this subject area.
