There are good things in the Senedd reform package revealed this week following negotiations between First Minister Mark Drakeford and Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price.
It’s right that the number of Senedd Members should increase from the current wholly inadequate number of 60 to 96.
Such a figure has been recommended by international governance experts as an appropriate number of parliamentarians for a law-making body serving a country of Wales’ size.
It is also appropriate to bear in mind that the Scottish Parliament has 127 members and the Northern Ireland Assembly 90.
A powerful case was made by the expert panel chaired by Professor Laura McAllister that the current number of MSs was simply too small to ensure that the government is scrutinised to the extent it should be. No one has come up with a coherent argument against this.
