5. 5. Plaid Cymru Debate: The Ministerial Code

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:46 pm on 29 June 2016.

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Photo of David Lloyd David Lloyd Plaid Cymru 3:46, 29 June 2016

(Translated)

Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. May I thank everybody else for their contributions? Just to return to the nub of the debate, a number of different principles have succeeded in creeping into the debate, but the fundamental point was regarding the ministerial code. We call for the principles of open government to be maintained. People have said some very nice things about that standard, and we want to see it upheld, and we want to see the ministerial code being laid before this Assembly and being approved by this Assembly. We also call for an independent adjudicator to be appointed to report publicly on any alleged breaches of the code. That, basically, is the point of this debate, in order to persuade and convince the public that we are responding affirmatively and positively to what happened in the referendum last week. We must have a strong response to show that we as politicians are standing up for the right things. Thank you.