Private Vendors

Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Assembly Commission – in the Senedd at 2:24 pm on 25 October 2017.

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Photo of Elin Jones Elin Jones Plaid Cymru 2:24, 25 October 2017

(Translated)

Selling ‘The Big Issue’, of course, makes a very valuable contribution to support people who are homeless and to promote the case for tackling homelessness. The Assembly’s policy, of course, at present means that we cannot allow any fundraising activities on the Assembly estate, and that’s true of any charity or good cause that any Assembly Member here could propose as an idea. But it is true to say also that you could write to the Commission and request a possible exemption being made, but we would have to raise the issue once again. Once one allows one exception, then I can guarantee that each one of you as Assembly Members would wish to offer other exemptions, and I’m sure they would all be good causes.