Commenting on the news that the Equality and Human Rights Commission has warned that the Labour Welsh Government’s proposed plans for election gender quotas may be unlawful, Darren Millar MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for the Constitution said:
“Voters should be allowed to choose candidates based on merit, not have them forced upon them by political parties with gender quotas.
“While the Presiding Officer, legal scholars and watchdogs all agree that this Bill is potentially unlawful, the Labour Government are recklessly pushing ahead with it regardless.
“These gender quota plans need to be scrapped along with Labour and Plaid’s extremely costly plans for more politicians in the Senedd.”
