Independent pay body welcomed by Plaid
The Chair of the Plaid Cymru group in the Assembly, Dai Lloyd AM, has today welcomed proposals to create an independent body to fix Assembly Members Salaries and allowances.
The Plaid AM said that such measures are essential in restoring public faith in politicians and expressed his surprise that conservative assembly members were opposing the proposal.
Plaid AM Dai Lloyd said:
“Plaid Cymru fully supports this measure which will put into practice part of the recommendations that came out of the Roger Jones report. Plaid Cymru wholeheartedly supports making the system as open and transparent as possible. Assembly Members are accountable to the people of Wales and therefore any decisions on their remuneration should also be accountable to the people of Wales.
“At a time when people in Wales have never felt so angry and let down by the same old politics in Westminster, it is refreshing to see a different approach in Wales, the need for change being recognised and acted upon. It is therefore startling that the conservatives here don’t want an independent body to fix their salaries and allowances. Once again the Tories are showing their true colours. It is only right that an independent body makes the decisions over Assembly Members pay, not the politicians. You would think they would have listened to the people of Wales about expenses rather than themselves.”
