SCECLB463 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)?

Senedd should not be expanded - more members not needed or disbanded. If not, it should be the elected member / best candidate regardless of gender.

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

Anybody can ‘identify’ as any gender or no gender so impossible to enforce.

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 feels that Welsh Government are doing what they want when they want regardless of what the majority of Welsh people want. Vanity projects are costing the Country dearly. Why should we believe that anybody’s views will be listened to now?

Are any unintended consequences likely to arise from the Bill?

Weaker members possibly if chosen for gender rather than best candidate.

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

It feels that Welsh Government are assessing all projects and then evaluating projects to sit their own needs for vanity projects.

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?

Welsh ministersdo what they want anyway.

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

The Senedd already has too much power. They don’t consider the Human Rights of the Welsh people.

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

It will all just serve to aid Welsh ministers to make more poor decisions.