Letter from: Laura Anne Jones AM
Conservative Member for South Wales East
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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 |
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