7. Debate on the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee Report: Diversity in Local Government

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:41 pm on 26 June 2019.

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Photo of Helen Mary Jones Helen Mary Jones Plaid Cymru 4:41, 26 June 2019

I'm not sure whether this would have been part of your committee's considerations, John, but would you agree with me that the political parties have got some responsibility in this regard to look at how our own practices function and whether we are choosing women for winnable seats, whether that's at local or national level? I'm certainly sure that we in Plaid Cymru have got a long way to go to perhaps challenge some of the perceptions of our own members, so, as well as considering formal quotas, perhaps we also ought to look at what we are all doing, because that, of course, is the way that most people get to be elected—because they're chosen by a party to be elected.