tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post578656391688766050..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: No representation without full responsibilityJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-15018301176174945622018-02-15T19:25:40.133+00:002018-02-15T19:25:40.133+00:00Anon 23:03 here again. I wasn't suggesting tha...Anon 23:03 here again. I wasn't suggesting that the prohibition wasn't Welsh Government policy - the amendment made to the bill was indeed a government amendment. My point was solely that the prohibition itself has been introduced by an Act of the Assembly. So it is the law of Wales that requires it - not the government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-11151456016159208972018-02-15T09:48:54.591+00:002018-02-15T09:48:54.591+00:00... and I'd very much like to learn/hear more ...... and I'd very much like to learn/hear more about this differentiation between legislature and executive ...<br /><br />Perhaps it could be the subject of another entry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-21077743668915149072018-02-15T09:23:27.443+00:002018-02-15T09:23:27.443+00:00Surely part of the difference with voting is that ...Surely part of the difference with voting is that the chance only comes up every 5 years. So the average starting age for starting to vote (assuming 5-year terms) would be 18.5 rather than 20.5 years old. At the moment someone can almost reach their 23rd birthday having never had a chance to vote in a particular type of election. With votes at 16, everyone will have had the chance to vote for every type of election by the time they're 21.Cyng Jeff Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10744394567854645053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-68271162929075288962018-02-15T07:56:57.727+00:002018-02-15T07:56:57.727+00:00I suppose that I could also be pedantic and argue ...I suppose that I could also be pedantic and argue that the Welsh Government changed its policy between publication of the original Bill and the Bill being passed by the Assembly so that it is now Government policy; but you make a fair point and I accept the correction, not least because I very much agree with your point about differentiating between the legislature and the executive.John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-77252111113677694022018-02-14T23:03:45.778+00:002018-02-14T23:03:45.778+00:00Although I agree there is an inconsistency in Wels...Although I agree there is an inconsistency in Welsh Government policy, the prohibition on intimate piercings for under18s is included in the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 - so it's more accurate to describe it an Assembly rather than a Welsh Government prohibition. Indeed, in the original bill the prohibition was restricted to those under 16 and was subsequently amended, with cross party support,to include 16 and 17 year olds. Call me a pedant but I think it's important to differentiate between the actions of the legislature and the executive, especially given how few people understand the difference between those two things in the devolved context. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com