Group 2: SPC: meetings and chair (Amendments 13, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:37 pm on 7 March 2023.

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Photo of Joel James Joel James Conservative 5:37, 7 March 2023

Thank you, Llywydd, for this opportunity to contribute, and I would like to, first of all, speak to my own amendments. The reality is that the bulk of membership on the social partnership council will made up of trade union council members, who will represent trade unions that directly fund the Labour Party. We have only ever had a Labour First Minister in Wales, and I think it's absolutely clear that having such members on an advisory council is not only to be considered a conflict of interest, but down right nepotism. Welsh Labour is in alliance with these organisations, which, in turn, fund them, and having these organisations represented on an advisory—