Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:52 pm on 9 November 2021.
The health of our democracy is indicative of the health of our society more generally. The two are inseparable, and that's why I too am totally opposed to the Conservative Government's approach in Westminster to introducing voter ID for reserved elections. It is a shameful and underhand approach to undermine democracy. The Conservatives' gleeful disenfranchisement of a significant section of the population who don't own voter ID is indicative of their approach to governing more generally. Evidence suggests that it is those whose voices needs to be heard the most—the young, black, Asian and minority ethnic people and people from poorer backgrounds are least likely to have a form of voter ID, and therefore to be disenfranchised from voting in reserved elections. Just like many people, when I'm door knocking, my aim—