Cyflwynwyd yr ymateb hwn i ymgynghoriad y Pwyllgor Biliau Diwygio ar Fil Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau).

This response was submitted to the Reform Bill Committee consultation on the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill.

SCME136 Ymateb gan:  | Response from: Steve Bowen
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I should like to object in the strongest possible terms about the proposed increase in numbers of AMs. As has been openly discussed, the budget for the Assembly is colossally and absurdly overspent so the additional number of salaries and on costs makes no economic sense. So this should be scrapped.

As for the incredibly onerous and scientifically unproven and morally and economically damaging imposition of the 20mph I should like the following points answered. First let me be clear. I have no objection to 20mph in the vicinity of schools hospitals and locations where vulnerable people could be injured or worse.
However the imposed limits in other areas and even in the areas mentioned above that could have variable 20/30 limits controlled by flashing signs as in other areas of UK successfully, and this would have avoided the overwhelmingly onerous traffic conditions we now face.

Your leaflet claimed 63% of Wales supports this measure. I suggest that is not a real figure. That would require 2.2m people for the statement to be true. Please publish the TRUE numbers.

The number of DSI according to Gov.Wales website bears no resemblance to the projected lives saved over the next ten years. The discrepancy appears to be a total fabrication. How many deaths in the areas around schools etc have occurred over the last 10 years- we need to know specifics in relation to your own measure for introducing this unbelievably dictatorial measure when, as you can see from the response of drivers and former Labour voters, this is unacceptable in a democratic country.

Explain the tender process. The ITT rules. The responses received and the means by which the successful bid was won. Were alternative options considered. Which ones?

When considering the dire state of the NHS the ambulance service feeding poor families meals for schoolchildren and OAPs and the number of deaths of homeless people on our streets, how can you think that spending >£33.5m was a sound economic decision.

What will it take from the overwhelming number of objections to these measures to overturn your decisions.

Failing that how can we remove Mr Drakeford Mr Waters Mr Gethin, Ms Morgan et al from any position within the Welsh Assembly.

Can we also request full details of budget spend and deficit from the ONS or from the Office within the WA responsible for budgetary matters.

You’ve stirred the dragon and dragons are not easily assuaged.