<p>Compulsory Voting</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:01 pm on 13 June 2017.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 2:01, 13 June 2017

There’s no reason why it should be a Thursday. In fact, there’s no reason why we shouldn’t look at weekend voting. Sunday is still problematic. I don’t think the DUP will be pressing for that in the discussions that they have with the Conservative Government, as sabbatarians. [Laughter.] Indeed, the western isles of Scotland—people there will have a view on that. I think Sunday voting, therefore, is still difficult in some parts of the UK, but there’s no reason why people shouldn’t vote on a Saturday, for example, when most people are not in work and when voting might be easier. That’s something to consider as an institution in the years to come.