Part of 3. Questions to the Assembly Commission – in the Senedd at 3:06 pm on 5 February 2020.
It is a sensitive matter to be discussing and deciding on a memorial to a deceased friend and colleague in this Senedd, and one I find personally quite difficult. Early on in my time as Chair of the Commission we faced two requests of this nature: a purple plaque for Val Feld and a location for a statue for Rhodri Morgan. In light of these individual decisions the Commission had to take, and they were not straightforward or easy decisions to have taken, we decided to formulate a policy to aid Commissioners in the future on such matters. The policy, as I outlined, is merely one year old, and we are now being asked to make individual exceptions to this policy. The policy, as you've referenced, Andrew R.T. Davies, belongs to the Assembly as a whole and to all Members. If political groups wish for this policy to be revised, then I would be happy to discuss representations and proposals made by the political groups and Members to the Commission, with a view to revising our policy, if that is the wish of this Assembly.