Bethan Jenkins calls for public consultation Welsh honours system
11 Chwefror 2009
Plaid Cymru Assembly Member for South Wales West, Bethan Jenkins, has today called for the public to have their say on a proposals to establish a Welsh honours system.
The Assembly’s Petitions Committee has received a petition for the creation of a Welsh honours system and has now opened the issue up for submissions from the public.
Ms Jenkins, a member of the Petitions Committee, today said:
“Since its inception, the Assembly’s petitions committee has been a forum for the people to have a direct say and is also a vehicle for the public to instigate new policies.
“I am delighted that the petition for a Welsh honours system is now open to members of the public to have their say. It will be interesting to find out if the public feel that having a uniquely Welsh system, especially one without the pomp of the British system, would be an appropriate way of celebrating the achievements of Welsh individuals.”
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Notes to Editors
Text of the petition:
“We the undersigned call upon the National Assembly for Wales to introduce a Welsh honours system and having instituted such a system to honour the writer, Jan Morris.”
Members of the public can have their say by emailing the committee clerk, or by leaving comments on a designated discussion forum.
Click the following link for more information.
www.assemblywales.org/gethome/e-petitions/
