Rejected petition Put the increase of senedd members to a public vote

We believe that the money that will be spent on the extra senedd members should be spent elsewhere I.e. the NHS, schools etc not on extra politicians

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.

The Petitions Committee has considered a petition on this issue within the last 12 months:
P-06-1355 Hold a referendum seeking approval from the people to increase Assembly members by 36

Details of the Committee’s previous consideration of this issue can be found here:
https://business.senedd.wales/ieIssueDetails.aspx?IId=41662&Opt=3

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Date submitted 9 May 2024
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