Cyflwynwyd yr ymateb hwn i ymgynghoriad y Pwyllgor Biliau Diwygio ar Fil Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau).

This response was submitted to the Reform Bill Committee consultation on the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill.

SCME07  Ymateb gan: | Response from: Elwyn Currier
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If passed, the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill will:

• Increase the size of the Senedd to 96 Members. - NO THANKS YOUR DOING A BAD ENOUGH JOB AS IT IS. JUSTIFY THE NEED AGAINST THE MASSIVE ONGOING COST. DO NOT QUOTE ALL THE EXTRA LEGISLATION YOU MUST SCRUTINISE, WORK HARDER AND LONGER THAT IS WHAT A TRUE SELF SACRIFICING POLITICIAN WOULD DO. I MEAN YOU MIGHT HAVE TO REDUCE ALL THOSE HOLIDAYS AND ACTUALLY TURN UP AND DO SOME WORK OCCAISIONALLY. IF YOU WANT >50% MORE MEMBERS CUT THE ASSOCIATED SALARIES, EXPENSES AND COSTS BY 50%. IT'S NOT YOUR MONEY IT IS TAX-PAYERS MONEY.
• Decrease the length of time between Senedd ordinary general elections from five to four years - AGREED.
• Increase the maximum number of Deputy Presiding Officers from one to two. - NO NEED FOR THE EXTRA EXPENSE.
• Increase the legislative limit on the size of the Welsh Government to 17 (plus the First Minister and Counsel General), with power to further increase the limit to 18 or 19. - NO NEED FOR THE EXTRA EXPENSE.
• Require candidates to, and Members of, the Senedd to be resident in Wales (by disqualifying candidates and Members who are not registered to vote in a Senedd constituency). - AND REDUCE HOUSING EXPENSES BY 50% TO SAVE MONEY.
• Provide a mechanism for the Seventh Senedd’s consideration of job-sharing of offices relating to the Senedd (by requiring the Llywydd in the Seventh Senedd to propose the establishment of a Senedd committee to review specified matters). - NO NEED FOR THE EXTRA EXPENSE PLUS IT WILL BE TOO CONVENIENT FOR FAILING OFFICERS TO BLAME SOMEONE ELSE. YOU HAVE A NAME IN EVERY POSITION SO WE THE ELECTORATE CAN CHOOSE TO VOTE THEM OUT OF OFFICE IF AND WHEN WE DECIDE TO DO SO.
• Change the Senedd’s electoral system so that all Members are elected via closed list proportional representation, with votes translated into seats via the D’Hondt formula. - NO WE THE ELECTORATE SHOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW WHO WE ARE VOTING FOR AND SCRUTINISE THE CHARACTER OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
• Repurpose and rename the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales; provide the renamed Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru (DBCC) with the functions needed to establish new Senedd constituencies and undertake ongoing reviews of Senedd constituency boundaries; and provide instructions for the DBCC to follow when undertaking boundary reviews. - NO YOU HAVE DEMOSTRATED YOU CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO BE IN CHARGE OF THIS AS YOU WILL JERRYMANDOR THE BOUNDARIES TO SUIT YOUR OWN PARTY.
• Provide for review of the operation and effect of the new legislative provisions following the 2026 election (by requiring the Llywydd after the election to propose the establishment of a Senedd committee to review specified matters). - NO NEED IF YOU DUMP THIS STUPID MONEY-WASTING PROPOSAL.