Welsh senedd petitions

The petitions process is one of the main ways the public can engage with and influence the work of the Senedd.

Cofnodir y trafodion yn yr iaith y llefarwyd hwy ynddi yn y pwyllgor. The proceedings are reported in the language in which they were spoken in the committee. In addition, a transcription of the simultaneous interpretation is included. Where contributors have supplied corrections to their evidence, these are noted in the transcript. Can I welcome everybody to today's hybrid meeting of the Senedd's Petitions Committee?

Welsh senedd petitions

One calling on the Welsh Government to scrap the 20mph speed limit has become the most signed in the Senedd's history. We have more newsletters. A petition about rescinding the new Welsh Government law for a 20mph default speed limit is the most signed in Senedd history. Despite numbers of over , signatures as of 3. Records held by the Senedd Commission go back to and show a variety of other petitions about issues including animal rights, and those dating back to lockdown. It is worth remembering that once a petition reaches over the threshold recently moved from 5, to 10, the petitioner is offered the chance to stop collecting signatures. Read more: Mark Drakeford's one word response to people asking for the 20mph law to be rescinded. We demand that this foolish idea be stopped". Both Mark Drakeford and Counsel General Mick Antoniw have said they will not look at rescinding the law despite huge numbers of signatures. The petitions committee website shows a high number of signatures in north Wales, in the Alyn and Deeside constituency a well as the Vale of Glamorgan and Gower in the south. You can read the details here. This petition, from , came after a ban on "non essential" items being sold in supermarkets. The petition read: "The Welsh Government, as part of its 17 day "firebreak" lockdown, is banning the selling of non-essential goods from shops that are allowed to remain open. We do not agree that this is a prudent or rational measure, and will create more harm than good.

Hold a referendum on Welsh Devolution and whether the people want the Welsh Senedd to be abolished. Make the Senedd more representative of the Welsh population.

Hold a referendum on Welsh Devolution and whether the people want the Welsh Senedd to be abolished. The establishment of the Welsh Senedd, as an additional layer of government in Wales, was intended to empower the Welsh people and provide them with more control over their own affairs. We believe the recent controversial implementation of a blanket 20mph speed limit across restricted roads in Wales has shown that the current Welsh Government are not representing the democratic rights of the Welsh people, by ignoring calls for a cease once the estimated economic impact came to light. Show on a map. The Government understands and shares many of your frustrations about policies being pursued by the Labour Welsh Government. However, people in Wales have voted in support of devolution in two referendums — to establish the National Assembly for Wales and to provide it with full law-making powers.

The Presiding Officer has made the following determination of the proper form of public petitions submitted under Standing Order Petitions may collect signatures for a maximum period of six months. For a paper petition the petition wording should be set out in full on each sheet or side of a sheet where signatures are asked for. A template is available on request. Petitions should be submitted in good faith. They should call for the Senedd or the Welsh Government to take some specific action. Petitions that are essentially FOI requests will not be allowed. There are other specific arrangements for FOI requests. Petitions alleging specific cases of maladministration or service failure by public bodies are not admissible. In these cases petitioners are advised to contact the PSOW to take forward their concerns.

Welsh senedd petitions

The petitions process is one of the main ways the public can engage with and influence the work of the Senedd. Senedd Research provides the Committee with a research brief to inform its consideration of each petition. You can find a collection of those research briefs below. Agriculture, forestry and food. Stop the proliferation of intensive poultry units IPUs by legislating and introduce a moratorium until this can be achieved. Old Trees can be relocated. Stop The Chop. Make Natural Resources Wales undertake and publish annual wildlife surveys before felling woodland.

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We'll action that. This has been submitted by David Tams, with 10, signatures—2, of those from Wales. This debate was discussed in and called for a ban on greyhound racing. We have no apologies, so all Members are present. Extend the bus emergency scheme and develop national bus recovery plan. I can see Members agree with those suggestions, and, again, to encourage, perhaps, other students and schools across Wales to follow Ysgol Mynydd Bychan's lead in using the petitions process here in the Senedd. Watch the debate Read a transcript of the debate What is a Westminster Hall debate? In saying that, I'd like to thank them again for this outstanding piece of work that they've done, and I suggest that we close this petition, but, as Members, we monitor the group that has been set up by the Minister to ensure that this piece of work isn't forgotten about. But I agree with you here; I don't necessarily see what having another debate would achieve, especially when there are so many other petitions that need to be debated as well. Remove barriers to entry to Social Work and encourage parity of esteem between Social Care and Health. Petitions Committee 27 November Top Stories. Use only Welsh names for places in Wales.

The Petitions Committee has been set up by the Senedd to consider all petitions that meet our rules of collecting signatures.

Diolch, Cadeirydd, and I'd like to thank the petitioner for this very important petition. Thank you, both, for those suggestions. In it was gutted by fire and it is still a ruin at risk. So, thank you, Peredur. I have read and agree to the terms and conditions. I think this is, again, a very topical petition. Copied to clipboard. Fund vaccine research to protect red squirrels from deadly Squirrelpox virus. The family-run Turkish cafe in the middle of Cardiff which serves incredible breakfast feasts. Invest to ensure all schools have high quality, effective internet infrastructure and connectivity.