Plans to ban Senedd Members for deliberately lying may be unworkable, according to the Welsh Government’s chief legal adviser.
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Senedd Member stripped of Conservative frontbench role
South Wales East Senedd Member Laura Anne Jones has been removed from the Welsh Conservatives’ shadow cabinet while a police investigation into expenses claims takes place.
Calls for all new power lines to be placed underground narrowly rejected
Adam Price led a debate on a Plaid Cymru motion to make it mandatory for all new electricity distribution lines to be underground rather than overhead pylons.
Senedd committee votes against calls to keep newspaper notice rule
A Senedd committee voted against calls to maintain a legal requirement for council tax notices to be published in local newspapers.
‘A long way to go’ to eradicate racism in Wales
Jenny Rathbone led a Senedd debate on racism following an inquiry on the Welsh Government’s anti-racist Wales action plan.
Additional learning needs reforms ‘not delivering’
Alun Davies, who steered the Additional Learning Needs (ALN) Act through the Senedd, said the reforms had to deliver a sea change in learners’ experiences.
MS slams Welsh Government for delaying ‘long-overdue’ council tax reforms
Plaid Cymru’s Peredur Owen Griffiths criticised the Welsh Government’s “unilateral” decision to abandon a joint commitment to make council tax fairer by 2026.
Authority backs ‘modest’ reforms to how Welsh council tax is calculated
The Welsh Government recently said it will bow to public opinion and defer any reforms until 2028.
Disabled people facing ‘David and Goliath’ battle for support
The Senedd health committee took evidence about the Welsh Government’s plans to reform direct payments which allow disabled people to arrange their own care and support.
Could sin bin-style approach be used to sanction Senedd Members?
An academic urged the Senedd to introduce a sin bin-style approach to sanctioning misbehaving members.