Letter from: Laura Anne Jones AM
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| To: Lord Richard of Ammanford Richard Commission |
| Dear Lord Richard of Ammanford |
| Re: Submission to the Richard Commission |
| I believe that the National Assembly should remain an institution with secondary legislative powers. |
| The Assembly Government should make a full response to the recommendations of the Richard Commission and allocate time in the National Assembly for a full debate. |
| Should any future UK government propose to grant primary legislative powers and/or tax raising powers to the national Assembly, the people of Wales should be consulted by means of a referendum. |
| I do not support the granting of primary law making and/or tax raising powers to the National Assembly. I believe that the Assembly's current powers are not being used effectively to benefit the people of Wales, whom the National Assembly and its Government are supposed to serve. |
| The recent elections showed that most people have not engaged with the Assembly. It would be wrong therefore to transfer more powers from Westminster to a National Assembly Government that has the trust of less than 15% of the electorate. |
| The views I have expressed are those of the vast majority of my constituents. I hope you will take them on board. |
| kind regards |
| Laura Anne Jones AM |