6. Debate on the Standards of Conduct Committee's Report 01-18 to the Assembly under Standing Order 22.9

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:58 pm on 2 May 2018.

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Photo of Leanne Wood Leanne Wood Plaid Cymru 2:58, 2 May 2018

I'd just like to ask Members to consider one very simple question: how can a Member of this Assembly who has been found to be racist safely represent people of colour in her region? And the answer is that she can't, and I believe that that is a problem. Now, the leader of UKIP and the UKIP Member on the panel have accepted that their Member was racist, and no amount of letters quoting other people who might be racist will overcome that. Racism is racism. It's unacceptable. It has no place in this institution or, indeed, this country.