Newport West Constituency Labour Party
Secretary: Graham R Wilson
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| Dear Sir or Madam |
| The Labour Party in this constituency wishes
to make the following submission. |
| Powers |
| 1. We believe these should be the
same as the Scottish Parliament. The present arrangement
places the status of the Welsh Assembly below that of
the Scottish Parliament; we find this culturally
insensitive. |
| 2. Similarly, the Welsh Assembly
should be known as the "Welsh Parliament". |
| Electoral Arrangements |
| 1. We believe the List system is
little understoof by the electorate and the two ballot
papers give rise to confusion. The selection of
the List candidates by the political parties gives undue
patronage to the party leaders. We believe the
List system should be replaced by the Single Transfer
Vote system. |
| 2. A person should not simultaneously
be both a member of the Assembly and of a local council.
We believe that dual membership does not allow a person
to do justice to both roles, does not allow a person to
attend all meetings when there is a clash of meeting dates,
and can give rise to a conflict of interest. |
| 3. There should be no more than 60
members. This number is reasonable given the population
of Wales. |
| Yours sincerely |
G R Wilson
Secretary |
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