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Government of Wales Bill

We need to examine that matter. I accept that the hon. Gentleman has experience of the situation because although he was not elected on the list first time around, his predecessor decided to spend more time somewhere else. I am not sure whether he was the next one on the list, but that shows that we have a fairly crazy situation. I make no criticism of the hon. Gentleman or the job that he did, but the system is fundamentally flawed. For some unknown reason, we provide additional list Members with the same amount for staffing and office costs as properly elected Members. Let us be honest—I think that the hon. Member for Monmouth (David T.C. Davies) went some way towards saying this—who actually gets up in the morning and says, ““I know, I’m going to write to my additional list Member today about this matter.””? I would hazard a guess that the number of such people is pretty small.