Rejected petition Abolish the increase of Senedd by 36 members, save £17.5 million per year

Abolish plans for an increase of 36 additional members, the costs for this implementation are ESTIMATED at £14.5 - 17.5 million PER YEAR.
This money could be spent on more urgent and immediate issues

More details

https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2023-09-18/plans-to-overhaul-the-senedd-published-including-increasing-number-of-members

There are numerous sources online

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue, or if the Petitions Committee has considered one in the last year.

We will inform the Senedd Reform Bill Committee that this petition was submitted (and rejected) because it duplicates a petition closed within the last 12 months. https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/245171

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Date submitted 19 September 2023
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