Part of 3. Questions to the Senedd Commission – in the Senedd at 3:09 pm on 1 March 2023.
Yes, I do agree that it's important in terms of the health of our democracy that people who elect us here to the Senedd are familiar with our work and are familiar with the Senedd more generally. And it is a concern for me to hear some of the percentages that you mentioned in terms of people not being aware of the day-to-day work of the Senedd, or the work of the Senedd more broadly. That's true for Wales, and it's probably true for nearly every country in the world to a lesser or greater extent, but because we're a new democracy, that causes additional problems for us.
As you mentioned in your contribution, how people receive their media now has changed since 2017 when the report was published. Social media offers a different opportunity for this Senedd to communicate with the people of Wales, but it also offers challenges as well. And so, in response to you, I'm very pleased as the Llywydd, and while representing the Commission, to listen to any experience or ideas that Members have within this Senedd about how we can develop, improve and refine our work in this area further. We have a responsibility as a Senedd, we all have a responsibility as individual Members of the Senedd, to communicate directly with the people of Wales, and in the spirit of what Joyce Watson said in her answer, we need to continue to improve and to think about new ways of working always in this context. And I'm very prepared to co-operate with Members on how we do that.