Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:01 pm on 9 November 2021.
Of course, this superiority complex that this current Westminster Government has is expressed not just in undermining the independence of the standards commissioner but also that of the Electoral Commission, the appointments commission, of all the independent checks and balances on its power. Our solution to that, of course, is to demonstrate what a healthy, modern, world-class democracy could look like in the twenty-first century by becoming our own independent nation. But, while we remain trapped in a Westminster system that is rotten to the core, what can we do to insulate ourselves from its most egregious consequences? Will you add your voice, Prif Weinidog, to those calling for the abolition of a House of Lords based on political patronage rather than merely its reform? And do you agree that the Metropolitan police should treat allegations of the sale of honours at least as seriously now as it has done under previous administrations?