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.

SCME161 Ymateb gan: | Response from: Mike Fox
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The proposal to increase the number of Senedd Members would significantly increase the cost of running Wales, since each new member would also require staff and office space. So presumably we tax payers would all have to pay higher taxes or WAG departmental budgets would have to be cut. You cannot seriously be thinking there is any department of Welsh Government that can operate with less money - you are already guilty of underfunding (but it is always someone else’s fault of course).

Such a fundamental decision must be the subject of a referendum, but you will be too afraid of doing that since it is certain to be rejected by the majority. We need fewer, more competent politicians, not more.

Mike Fox

Former WAG employee