Group 9: Citizen Voice Body — members (Amendments 5, 48, 6, 7, 8, 49, 9, 50, 51, 52, 10, 53, 11, 12, 54, 56, 14)

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 7:08 pm on 10 March 2020.

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Photo of Vaughan Gething Vaughan Gething Labour 7:08, 10 March 2020

There's a fairly straightforward disagreement about whether the Assembly or, indeed, the Government should be the ultimate appointer of these people, but I don't accept that the practice of the way that we have run public appointments through Wales in the last 20 years, or indeed a range of posts, actually holds water for the argument that this would somehow undermine the independence of people in those roles. I'll take an intervention and then I'll complete.