Senedd Cymru | Welsh Parliament
Bil Senedd Cymru (Rhestrau Ymgeiswyr Etholiadol)| Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill
Ymateb gan Ioan Richard | Evidence from Ioan Richard
Senedd Reform response to Consultation from Ioan Richard.
a retired Councillor of 41 yrs service at all levels including Lord Mayoral role.
Constituent of Gower and South Wales West region.
This is my response to Senedd Reform- I am not filling in any of your self designed Forms:-
1) I personally strongly campaigned twice over many years to establish the Wales Assembly now a Senedd;
2) The current Senedd has turned out to be a very disappointing non violent one party dictatorship;
3) Unless this one party continuous historic rule ends the Senedd should be abolished;
4) It should certainly not have an extended membership in numbers;
5) Proportional Party faceless elections are an unwanted further progress to the one Party State;
6) All Members should retire at seventy age or in the election after they become seventy;
7) There should be a system where constituents can recall Senedd Members who seriously breach the Code of Conduct or the Law;
8) Would be Members should not have to declare their sex (especially not self designated sex other than birth certificate sex) to jump party nominations e.g. women only lists;
9) There should be lower two tier caps on expenses paid for their SPADS. One level for Ministers and one for Backbenchers. Both lower than paid now. SPADS should only be employed after passing some appropriate Civil Service type entry exam..
10) Expenses paid for attending conferences outside Wales, especially overseas jaunts, should be stopped completely e.g. as has happened in the past as 'Observers' at Climate Change Conferences as 'Observers with a crony entourage of bag carriers'.
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I reserve my right o respond further if needed. Please confirm receipt of this submission as being valid.
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