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

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:03 pm on 26 June 2019.

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Photo of Helen Mary Jones Helen Mary Jones Plaid Cymru 5:03, 26 June 2019

Would you agree with me, Jenny Rathbone, that there's also a role for companies that are big enough and public bodies to revert to the old practice of giving people public responsibility leave to be local authority members or to be magistrates? I know some organisations do still do it, but it's a practice that seems to have gone out of fashion, if you like. And while you can't expect a small, local company to do it, I think the big institutions ought to be enabling their staff to participate.