tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post4797462185545319901..comments2023-11-05T09:37:36.840+01:00Comments on A View From Rural Wales: Our Law Making AssemblyGlyn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10442114752573417252noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-500775045146495512011-09-24T14:41:38.237+01:002011-09-24T14:41:38.237+01:00Just saying - Lee is a most capable man, who has d...Just saying - Lee is a most capable man, who has done a great job for Sustrans. Just sayin<br /><br />Jeff - I think we are saying the same thing. Maybe you reached there before I did. My impression is that many of the new intake of MPs see themselves as legislators.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-35179095324499553912011-09-24T09:12:08.444+01:002011-09-24T09:12:08.444+01:00Whose fault is that Glyn? Before the late 1970s if...Whose fault is that Glyn? Before the late 1970s if you went to an MP with a housing complaint he would direct you to your local councillor. Hugh Gaitskell visited his Leeds constituency abour once a month and stayed for the weekend. Come the 1980s and it all began to change with extra staff allowances and the idea of the whips as Brian Walden put it to turn MPs into 'glorified social workers'. The government of the day were laughing knowing that the days of a Churchill, Nye Bevan or Enoch Powell taking them apart in the Chamber were over. Instead of holding government to account MPs were diverted into holding surgeries where many of the problems were local government issues. The result is a poorer democracy and some really awful legislation. With lawmaking AMs are there to scrutinise and improve government's legislation not to worry or comment on Mrs Thomas' planning application for a new bathroom extension.Jeff Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-41513102399290477662011-09-24T09:02:05.387+01:002011-09-24T09:02:05.387+01:00Chief Executive of Sustrans leads Yes for Wales ca...Chief Executive of Sustrans leads Yes for Wales campaign and cycle lanes across Wales are one of the first laws to be enacted.<br /><br />Coincidence?Just sayingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-60476132638572892602011-09-23T23:37:48.470+01:002011-09-23T23:37:48.470+01:00Aled - or take over the role of councillors, which...Aled - or take over the role of councillors, which is so very easy to do because the public in general do not know where responsibilities lie.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-63529604747074077762011-09-23T19:37:16.830+01:002011-09-23T19:37:16.830+01:00I must agree that the role for people who sit in a...I must agree that the role for people who sit in a legislature is to legislate. Although there is a need to collect evidence, and opinions, MPs and AMs must not be drawn into a role of social workers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com