SCECLB236 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)?

Nonsense. Women do not need special rules to be involved in public life. It also does not address the fact that many biological men will see this as an opportunity to self identify as women.

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

Dystopian.

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?

A question worded to suggest that respondents agree with the Bill. I don’t. It needs to be binned.

Are any unintended consequences likely to arise from the Bill?

Yes, men pretending to be women to get in the list and biological women infantilised and patronised.

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

Nothing the WG does seems to be useful, effective or parsimonious. This is no exception.

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?

No idea what this means. If you are doing a consultation, make the questions comprehensible to ordinary people.

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

Yes, the Senedd is uniformly incompetent.

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

As above.

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.