Group 6: Proxy voting (Amendment 14)

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:22 pm on 10 February 2021.

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Photo of Mark Isherwood Mark Isherwood Conservative 5:22, 10 February 2021

Thank you. Clearly, we would not wish to exclude people who are, for example, shielding, or extremely vulnerable groups, and, as I said, eligibility existing under current legislation for proxy voting would continue accordingly, and we are here only talking about voting on polling day, not otherwise, where normal rules would also continue to apply. I believe that invalidates the Minister's perhaps somewhat scaremongering response and instead seeks to focus the purpose of this Bill on the issue it's solely supposed to be about, which is the pandemic, whilst ensuring the other proxy eligibility criteria continue as normal to protect everyone else. I therefore urge Members to support it.