Rejected petition Debate holding a referendum on whether the Senedd is still relevant in Wales and should be removed.

Since the inception of the Senedd it has slowly and steadily wasted public money on headline grabbing policies while wasting avoiding major issues in Wales. The NHS is Wales is in a worse state than England with both public services and health boards being in special measures. The money saved can be reinvested into Wales and not wasted on the current or worse 18 further MS

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the Senedd or Welsh Government is not responsible for.

The Senedd was established as a legislative body by section 1(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006. Abolishing the Senedd would require a repeal of this section which could only be done by the UK Government proposing legislation to the UK Parliament. Prior to revoking section
1 of GoWA - a referendum would have to be called by the UK parliament where the people of Wales would have to vote in favour of abolishing the Senedd in order for section 1 of GoWA to be repealed.
As a result, it is not possible for the Senedd to take the action called for by your petition.

Further information about the powers and responsibilities of the Senedd can be found here: https://senedd.wales/how-we-work/our-role/powers/

You may wish to consider petitioning the UK Parliament about this issue instead: https://petition.parliament.uk/

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Date submitted 19 September 2023
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