8. Plaid Cymru Debate: The UK Government's Elections Bill

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:12 pm on 26 January 2022.

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Photo of Rhys ab Owen Rhys ab Owen Plaid Cymru 5:12, 26 January 2022

(Translated)

Thank you very much, Deputy Llywydd. From the Chartists to the Suffragettes, people have literally given their lives to ensure that we have the right to vote on these islands, and, across the centuries, the great battle was to gain more rights, and that happened again recently in Wales as we extended the franchise to young people of 16 and 17 years old. Any attempt to limit the right to vote undermines all of our rights, undermines our way of life and undermines the democracy that we enjoy today because of the efforts and sacrifices of others.