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Rejected petition Stop extra AMs being elected to Senedd

It will cost far too much, and with a small population , do not need them , at most we should have 74, to be the same as Scotland

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Scotland has a population of 5439842 with 120 member equating to one member to 42,169 people. To have the same in Wales 74 members would bring in the same . Therefore having an extra 16 is not feasible . That does not take in the extra cost and probably a new venue .

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.

Another petition about this matter was recently considered by the Petitions Committee:
I oppose the Welsh Government "Senedd Reform Bill", published 18 September 2023, becoming law.

https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/245625

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Date submitted 18 February 2025
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