9. Debate seeking the Assembly's agreement to introduce a Commission-proposed Bill — The Welsh Parliament and Elections (Wales) Bill

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:27 pm on 10 October 2018.

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Photo of Gareth Bennett Gareth Bennett UKIP 4:27, 10 October 2018

We in UKIP note the proposed changes in the Commission report and in your recent statement. If I can go through some of the proposals individually, as the Welsh Assembly now has tax-raising powers, we have no objection to the name changing to Welsh Parliament. Regarding the Plaid Cymru suggestion of 'Senedd', of course 'Senedd' is an excellent phrase as far as it goes for the Welsh version of what will be the Welsh Parliament, but I do tend to agree with what Russ George said, that there is not enough public awareness of the phrase for it to be the only description. So, I would tend to go for Welsh—