TRADE unionists in Wales welcomed a proposed Bill to increase the numbers of women in the Senedd as it launched its women’s activist development programme today.

The draft Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill sets out proposals to improve gender balance in the Senedd to increase the proportion of women standing as candidates in future elections.

If it becomes law, political parties putting forward more than one candidate in a constituency at a Senedd election will need to ensure women make up at least half of the list and place women at the top of at least half of their constituency candidate lists.