SCECLB20 Individual

Senedd Cymru | Welsh Parliament

Y Pwyllgor Biliau Diwygio | Reform Bill Committee

Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol)| Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill

Ymateb gan Unigolyn | Evidence from Individual

What are your views on the general principles of the Bill and the need for legislation to deliver the Welsh Government’s stated policy objective (to make the Senedd a more effective legislature by ensuring it is broadly representative of the gender make-up of the population)?

Representative gender for women must mean women who are biological female. If you wish another category for people who identify differently to the sex they were born, then you create a representative category without taking the place of biological women.

What are your views on the system of enforcement and potential sanctions for non-compliance proposed in the Bill?

Do not agree with face value, the bill must state biological women can only apply. Create another category if the person cannot meet this requirement

Are there any potential barriers to the implementation of the Bill’s provisions? If so, what are they, and are they adequately taken into account in the Bill and the accompanying Explanatory Memorandum and Regulatory Impact Assessment?

Yes, biological females will not get fair representation if someone not born female takes their place

Are any unintended consequences likely to arise from the Bill?

Yes, men identifying as female could take the place of biological females, this is unfair.

What are your views on the Welsh Government’s assessment of the financial and other impacts of the Bill?

Don’t agree much with the WG agenda, making life more difficult to live in Wales under authoritarian rule.

What are your views on the balance between the information contained on the face of the Bill and what is left to subordinate legislation? Are the powers for Welsh Ministers to make subordinate legislation appropriate?

I would rather UK government have control of sex based legislation for the whole of the UK

Do you have any views on matters relating to the legislative competence of the Senedd including compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights?

More reserved matters for UK government

Do you have any views on matters related to the quality of the legislation, or to the constitutional or other implications of the Bill?

Wording to state biological women

Are there any other issues that you would like to raise about the Bill and the accompanying Explanatory Memorandum or any related matters?

No

Anything else?

No