Engagement in Local Democracy

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:07 pm on 14 May 2019.

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Photo of Mandy Jones Mandy Jones UKIP 2:07, 14 May 2019

Thank you for that answer. First Minister, we are currently celebrating 20 years of this institution with a clarion call for more Assembly Members. I see that Scotland, with its population of nearly 5.5 million, has fewer councillors than Wales, with our population of just over 3 million. In my view, we are overrepresented in Wales. First Minister, how can you square the call for more AMs with the taxpaying public when literally nothing—[Interruption.]