SCECLB247 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)?

Inequality in the make up is due to sex, not gender. Why is this based on gender and not sex. This is not equality for women.

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

This is a way to allow self id. How would you deal with people who say they are non binary or identity as a man one day and a woman the next? How can you enforce any of this?

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?

Is the Senedd even allowed to make such amendments and sneakily passing self id through this bil

Are any unintended consequences likely to arise from the Bill?

Further eroding the rights if women and creating a loophole which allows any man to identify into women their electoral spaces.

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

Seems unrealistic. Cannot even show the benefits.

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?

The Senedd does not have the right to pass this bill. It is acting beyond its legal rights.

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

You are eroding the rights of women.

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

This bill will allow more men to take up women spaces.

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

It is flawed and misleading.