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1 Easy Read Creating a Parliament for Wales We want to know what you think Please tell us by 6 April 2018 This is an easy read version of Creating a Parliament for Wales consultation. February 2018
2 How to use this document This is an easy read version. The words and their meaning are easy to read and understand. You may need help and support to read and understand this document. Ask someone you know to help you. Some words may be difficult to understand. These are in bold blue writing and have been explained in a box beneath the word. If any of the words are used later in the booklet they are shown in normal blue writing. If you see words in normal blue writing, you can look up what they mean in Hard words on page 36. Where the document says we, this means National Assembly for Wales. To get this document in a different format contac: Constitutional Change Team National Assembly for Wales Pierhead Street Cardiff, CF99 1NA Phone: AssemblyCommission.Consultations@ assembly.wales This document was made into easy read by Easy Read Wales using Photosymbols. Page 2
3 Contents Page How to use this document 2 About the National Assembly for Wales 4 About this document 6 How to tell us what you think 8 Changes we could make to the National Assembly 9 The number of Assembly Members 9 How Assembly Members are elected 12 Having a diverse Assembly 24 Who should be allowed to vote in Assembly elections? 26 Who should be able to be an Assembly Member? 32 Running elections 33 Making changes to how the National Assembly is run 35 Hard words 36 Page 3
4 About the National Assembly for Wales The National Assembly for Wales started in We were not allowed to make laws then. We can now. Over the years we have been doing more things, so our role is now similar to other parliaments. We now do 4 things: 1. Speak up for the people of Wales. We do this through our 60 Assembly Members. Assembly Members are the people who are elected to the National Assembly. Page 4
5 2. Make laws. 3. Decide how much some taxes will be in Wales. 4. Try to make sure the Welsh Government is doing a good job. Page 5
6 Wales Act 2017 About this document In April 2018 a new law called the Wales Act 2017 will start. The Wales Act 2017 will give the National Assembly more power. We will have the power to: decide the best way to elect people to the National Assembly decide the best way to organise and run the National Assembly. We think this is a chance to think about if changes are needed to: make sure the National Assembly is able to do its job as well as possible Page 6
7 get more people involved in our work including young people make sure we are organised and run in the best way. We are going to change the name of the National Assembly to Welsh Parliament. We have already asked people about this. We have done a lot of work looking in to the changes we could make. We now want to know what you think about our ideas for other changes. Page 7
8 How to tell us what you think Please read the information in this document. Then answer the questions in the response form. You do not have to answer all the questions if you do not want to. When you have filled in the response form you can send it to us by: ing it to: wales posting it to: Freepost, National Assembly for Wales Page 8
9 Changes we could make to the National Assembly The number of Assembly Members Assembly Members try to make sure the Welsh Government is doing a good job. They check policies and new laws. And they check how money is spent. This is important work. We are very small compared to other parliaments in the UK and around the world. At the moment the National Assembly is made up of 60 Assembly Members. A report in 2003 said this was too small. The report said if the Assembly got more powers it would need 80 Assembly Members. We have a lot more powers now, but we still do not have more Assembly Members. We have done a lot of work to look into how many Assembly Members we need. Page 9
10 We asked some experts if they thought there were enough Assembly Members. The experts found that 60 Assembly Members is not enough. Assembly Members have difficult jobs. They have a lot to do and not enough time to do it. Ideas for changing the number of Assembly Members The experts said the Assembly should have somewhere between 80 and 90 Assembly Members. They think this number of Assembly Members would be able to represent people in Wales better. The experts said this number of Assembly Members would be better able to check on policy, law and spending. The experts said that this is very important for the people of Wales. And Assembly Members would be able to focus on a smaller number of things. The experts said this means they could make more of a difference. Page 10
11 How much would it cost? 6.6m per year If we had 80 Assembly Members we would need 20 extra Assembly Members. 20 extra Assembly Members would cost around 6.6 million a year. 9.6m per year If we had 90 Assembly Members we would need 30 extra Members. 30 extra Assembly Members would cost around 9.6 million a year. There would be some extra costs as well. For example, new offices and changes to our meeting room. We would only have to pay once for these extra costs. 2.4m We think the extra costs for 20 extra Assembly Members would be around 2.4 million. 3.3m We think the extra costs for 30 extra Assembly Members would be around 3.3 million. 15 billion per year It sounds like a lot. But this would be only a small amount of the money Wales has to spend each year Wales has around 15 billion to spend each year. Page 11
12 How Assembly Members are elected The voting system When you vote in an election you get to decide who you want to represent you in parliament. At the moment our 60 Assembly Members are elected using a system called the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) system. The Mixed Member Proportional system is a way of organising how a parliament is made up of elected members. It is easier to call it the MMP system. In the MMP system you have 2 votes. Your 1st vote is for the person you want to represent your constituency. Your constituency is your local area. There are 40 constituencies in Wales. For example, Caerphilly is a constituency in south Wales and Wrexham is a constituency in north Wales. The person with the most votes wins. 40 Assembly Members are elected this way. Page 12
13 The 2nd vote you get is for a political party to represent your region. A political party is a group who agree how to make life better for people. They come together and have a candidate for an election. In Wales political parties include: Plaid Cymru UK Independence Party (UKIP) Welsh Conservatives Welsh Labour Welsh Liberal Democrats There are 5 regions in Wales: North Wales Mid and West Wales South Wales West South Wales Central South Wales East. In this vote the political parties win seats in the Assembly. They choose which people from their party get the seats. Page 13
14 20 Assembly Members are elected this way - 4 from each region. The MMP system gives us 60 Assembly Members. Each constituency in Wales chooses 1 person. And each region in Wales chooses 4 people. But if we want more Assembly Members we need to change this system. This is because the system we have at the moment has been set up to elect 60 Assembly Members. Ideas for changing the voting system We asked some experts about different voting systems. There are good points and bad points for all the different voting systems. Page 14
15 The experts think there are 3 options that could work. The 3 options are: 1. We could use Single Transferable Vote (STV). Single Transferable Vote (STV). In this system voters rank the candidates in the order they like them best. For example, number 1 would be their favourite candidate. Number 2 would be their 2nd favourite. Each constituency would choose more than 1 person to represent them. Good points We could elect Assembly Members Voters would have the most choice. Page 15
16 The Welsh Government wants to use this system in local elections. If this happens both elections will have the same system. This will help to make voting easier to understand. Local elections are where you vote for who you want to run your local council. All Assembly Members would have equal power. The balance of political parties in the Assembly would more closely match the political parties that people have voted for. There are some things we could do to make sure the Assembly Members were diverse. Diverse means having people from different groups. For example, men and women; young and old people; people from different backgrounds. Page 16
17 Bad points In this system Assembly Members can choose to spend more time helping the people in their area. But this could mean that they may not have as much time to make sure the Welsh Government is doing a good job or make laws for Wales. We would need to change the constituencies we have in Wales. This system will be unfamiliar to people who are used to voting in Assembly elections. This may make it harder to understand. Page 17
18 2. We could use Flexible List Proportional Representation. Flexible List Proportional Representation. In this system voters choose from a list of political parties and candidates. Parties choose what order their candidates are listed. Voters can choose to vote for the party s order. Or voters can vote for their favourite candidate. If enough voters choose the same candidate, that candidate goes to the top of the list. If not enough voters choose the same candidate, then candidates stay in the order chosen by the party. This is used to choose which candidates get the seats. Good points We could elect Assembly Members. Political parties and voters would both have a say on who was elected. Page 18
19 The balance of political parties in the Assembly would more closely match the political parties that people have voted for. All Assembly Members would have equal power. We could do things to make sure the Assembly was diverse. This system is similar to the one used in elections to vote for your MEP Member of the European Parliament. Bad Points We would need to change the constituencies. Page 19
20 This system will be unfamiliar to people who are used to voting in Assembly elections. This may make it harder to understand. 3. We could keep the MMP system We could keep this voting system. We would change the number of Assembly Members elected by each region. Each region would elect 8 candidates instead of 4. That would mean 40 candidates would be elected in the region vote. Good points This would need the least amount of change. Page 20
21 People have some amount of choice and control over who gets in to the Assembly. The regional vote is counted in a special way. This helps to make sure the National Assembly has the same balance of political parties that people have voted for. Political parties are in charge of who gets the regional seats. This could make it easier for them to be diverse. Bad points We could not elect more than 80 Assembly Members with this system. Political parties are in charge of who gets the regional seats. This takes the choice away from voters. Some Assembly Members represent a constituency. And some Assembly Members represent a region. Because of this some people may not think they are equal. Page 21
22 Changing the constituencies If we change the voting system we may need to change the constituencies. There are 2 options for this. Option 1 20 We could have 20 constituencies. We would base them on the 40 constituencies we already have. We could have 90 Assembly Members if we did this. Each constituency would have a similar number of Assembly Members to represent them. Every now and then we would need to look at where the new constituencies would start and end. This would take some time and money. Page 22
23 Option 2 17 We could have 17 constituencies. We would base this on the 22 Local Authority areas we have in Wales. We would not need to look at where the new constituencies would start and end. Because this already happens every now and then for local authority areas. But it would mean that some constituencies have more Assembly Members to represent them. Because more people live in some constituencies than in other constituencies. Page 23
24 Having a diverse Assembly The experts who looked at how many Assembly Members there should be also said that it would be best to have a diverse Assembly. They said that political parties should think about how diverse their candidates are. They think that political parties should have the same number of men and women standing for election. They want them to think about other things too like age and disability. Page 24
25 Job sharing The job of an Assembly Member takes a lot of time. This may stop some people standing for election. Job sharing could help more people stand for election like: disabled people carers Job sharing is where 2 people share the work of 1 job role. Candidates who want to job share would have to explain to voters how they would organise it. It will be up to voters whether they are elected or not. Job sharers would be treated like 1 person. So it will not cost any more money for 2 people to job share than for 1 person to be an Assembly Member. Page 25
26 Who should be allowed to vote in Assembly elections? At the moment the same people who vote in local government elections can vote in the National Assembly elections. We want to know if this should stay the same. This is easier for voters. And it is easier to organise. Voting age At the moment you must be 18 or over to vote in Wales. The Welsh Government is thinking about changing the age people can vote in local government elections to 16. We asked 16 and 17 years olds if the age people can vote in Assembly elections should be lowered to 16. Just over half of the people we asked said yes. Just over a quarter said no. The rest were not sure. Page 26
27 We asked experts how old you should have to be to vote in Assembly elections. They said lowering the voting age to 16 would be a good idea. They think it will help get young people interested in politics. They said that if people vote when they are young they are more likely to vote as adults. They also said that 16 and 17 year olds understand politics as well as people aged 18 to 21. There is not much support to lower the voting age in the UK. But organisations that work with young people have said that young people do support it. Page 27
28 If we change the voting age we need to think about: Cost Making sure people know that the voting age has changed Changes to the voting register. The voting register is a list of people who can vote How we organise how people vote. Page 28
29 Non UK people People who live in Wales are allowed to vote in local and Assembly elections if they: were born in the UK are from the Commonwealth The Commonwealth is a group of countries that the UK used to rule. Such as Jamaica and India. are from the European Union The European Union is a group of countries whose governments work together. It is often called the EU. In 2016 the people of the UK voted to leave the EU. In 2017 Welsh Government asked who should be able to vote in local elections in Wales. They asked if people from the EU should still be allowed to vote after we have left the EU. Page 29
30 And they asked if everyone who lives in Wales legally, wherever they were born should be able to vote. The Welsh Government has now said that it is going to change the law so that everyone who lives in Wales legally should be able to vote in local elections. It will not matter where they were born as long as they live in Wales legally. We would like to know if you think we should do the same for Assembly elections. Prisoners Most prisoners are not allowed to vote in any election. The UK Government is thinking about changing this to let prisoners vote who: have been allowed to leave prison for a certain amount of time Page 30
31 live at home under strict rules. For example they must be home by 7pm. They are checked using a tag on their ankle. They are also looking into letting prisoners vote who will be in jail for less than 12 months. Welsh Government has also been looking into this. They said prisoners who lived in Wales and who will be released before the next election after the one they are voting in could be allowed to vote in local elections. We would like to know if you think we should do the same for Assembly elections. Page 31
32 Who should be able to be an Assembly Member? Not everyone can be an Assembly Member. Certain people are not allowed because of their jobs. For example: MPs Judges I resign If these people want to be an Assembly Member they must quit their job before they stand for election. This is because their job may affect the choices they make as an Assembly Member. A group of Assembly Members have said it would be better if people only had to quit their job if they won the election. This will help more people stand for election. I resign But there are still some jobs that people would need to quit before they stand for election. This is because their job role may give them an unfair advantage in the election. The law could be made clearer to make it easier for people. Page 32
33 Running elections Spending money The political parties must follow rules about how much money they can spend at elections. The Electoral Commission is the organisation that checks that political parties follow these rules. They check that elections are run properly. The Electoral Commission thinks the money it costs to translate things between Welsh and English should not be included in this. This could help people use the Welsh language during elections. The Electoral Commission thinks that money spent because a person has a disability should not be included in this. This could help more disabled people to stand for elections, or take part in campaigns for a political party. Page 33
34 The law In 2016 the Law Commission said all laws about elections should be brought together. The Law Commission looks at the law and suggests changes to make it better. They are an independent organisation. This would make the law more clear and easy to understand. The UK Government has not said what they will do about this yet. If we changed the law about elections it could help to make sure we can make the changes suggested by the Law Commission in the future. Page 34
35 Wales Act 2017 Making changes to how the National Assembly is run The Wales Act 2017 will give us the power to change some of the law that says how we must work. We are thinking about whether making changes could help the Assembly run in the best way. Possible changes could include changing the number of people in certain job roles. We would like to change how long we get after an election to hold our 1st meeting. We would also like more time after elections for talking and making choices about which people have particular jobs. Page 35
36 Hard words Assembly Member Assembly Members are the people who are elected to the National Assembly. Commonwealth The Commonwealth is a group of countries that the UK used to rule. Such as Jamaica and India Constituency Your constituency is your local area. There are 40 constituencies in Wales. For example, Caerphilly is a constituency in south Wales and Wrexham is a constituency in north Wales Diverse Diverse means having people from different groups. For example, men and women or old and young. Electoral Commission The Electoral Commission is the organisation that checks that political parties follow the rules. They check that elections are run properly. European Union The European Union is a group of countries whose governments work together. It is often called the EU. In 2016 the people of the UK voted to leave the EU. Page 36
37 Flexible List Proportional Representation In this system voters choose from a list of political parties and candidates. Parties choose what order their candidates are listed. Voters can choose to vote for the party s order. Or voters can vote for their favourite candidate. If enough voters choose the same candidate, that candidate goes to the top of the list. If not enough voters choose the same candidate, then candidates stay in the order chosen by the party. This is used to choose which candidates get the seats. Job sharing Job sharing is where 2 people share the work of 1 job role. Law Commission The Law Commission looks at the law and suggests changes to make it better. They are an independent organisation. Local elections Local elections are where you vote for who you want to run your local council. Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) system The Mixed Member Proportional system is a way of organising how a parliament is made up of elected members. It is easier to call it the MMP system. In the MMP system you have 2 votes. Your 1st vote is for the person you want to represent your constituency. The 2nd vote you get is for a political party to represent your region. Page 37
38 Political party A political party is a group who agree how to make life better for people. They come together and have a candidate for an election. In Wales political parties include: Plaid Cymru UK Independence Party (UKIP) Welsh Conservatives Welsh Labour Welsh Liberal Democrats Regions There are 5 regions in Wales: North Wales Mid and West Wales South Wales West South Wales Central South Wales East. Single Transferable Vote (STV) In this system voters rank the candidates in the order they like them best. For example, number 1 would be their favourite candidate. Number 2 would be their 2nd favourite. Each constituency would choose more than 1 person to represent them. Page 38
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