SCECLB407 Jeanette Paletta
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)?
The Llywydd, single most important office in
the Senedd, has told the Senedd that this bill does not have
legislative compliance.
What are your views on the system of enforcement and potential
sanctions for non-compliance proposed in the Bill?
If the Welsh Government continue to try to
enforce this policy it will end up in the Supreme Court. This will
be detrimental to the reputation of Wales and be of great financial
cost which we cannot afford.
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?
It doesn’t comply with the 2010 Equality
Act.
Are any unintended consequences likely to arise from the
Bill?
What are your views on the Welsh Government’s assessment
of the financial and other impacts of the Bill?
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?
Equality legislation is not devolved.
Do you have any views on matters relating to the legislative
competence of the Senedd including compatibility with the European
Convention on Human Rights?
Do you have any views on matters related to the quality of the
legislation, or to the constitutional or other implications of the
Bill?
Equality legislation isn’t devolved.
Welsh Government has been told this bill is flawed by the
Llywydd
Are there any other issues that you would like to raise about
the Bill and the accompanying Explanatory Memorandum or any related
matters?
The fact that the this bill states that a
gender statement is all that is required for anyone to be counted
as a women. It’s sex not gender. This is open to abuse and
anyone could claim to be a woman. This bill doesn’t comply
with UK law.
Anything else?
Nothing in this bill will encourage women to
stand for office.