Comments on: Time to Reform Assembly working hours http://blog.jonathanmorganam.com/2009/09/29/time-to-reform-assembly-working-hours/ “I'm conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.” (George HW Bush – US President 1988-1992) Sat, 29 Jan 2011 10:49:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mr J.P. Callan http://blog.jonathanmorganam.com/2009/09/29/time-to-reform-assembly-working-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Mr J.P. Callan Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:32:24 +0000 http://blog.jonathanmorganam.com/?p=8#comment-8 Dear Jonathan. I Agree with your assesment. So why not spend more time with your consituants and find out what they realy think. (on Mondays) every week. Mr JP. Callan Whitchurch Cardiff Dear Jonathan.

I Agree with your assesment.
So why not spend more time with your consituants and find out what they realy think. (on Mondays) every week.

Mr JP. Callan
Whitchurch
Cardiff

]]> By: Jon.Morgan http://blog.jonathanmorganam.com/2009/09/29/time-to-reform-assembly-working-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Jon.Morgan Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:41:44 +0000 http://blog.jonathanmorganam.com/?p=8#comment-7 MH: I agree that we need a balance but I don't think it's there at the moment. AMs are elected to represent their constituencies in the Assembly not to be the Assembly's representative in their constituency. We have a job to do here if this institution is to progress MH: I agree that we need a balance but I don’t think it’s there at the moment. AMs are elected to represent their constituencies in the Assembly not to be the Assembly’s representative in their constituency. We have a job to do here if this institution is to progress

]]> By: MH http://blog.jonathanmorganam.com/2009/09/29/time-to-reform-assembly-working-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-4 MH Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:29:04 +0000 http://blog.jonathanmorganam.com/?p=8#comment-4 Jonathan, First let me add my welcome to the Welsh Blogosphere. - While I would agree with you on the length of the summer recess, I wouldn't be so keen to go along with you on the use of Monday and the length of the Assembly day. An AM's job is AS MUCH to do with constituency (or regional) matters as it is to do with time spent at Cardiff. So the two need to be balanced. This will be of relatively little concern for you as a Cardiff AM, because you can just hop into a cab and do a surgery half an hour after Assembly business is finished, but it will definitely be an issue for those who have to travel further. Also I think that more civilized hours is an important contributory factor to the gender balance of the Assembly ... something that we should take great pride in, especially as we were the first country in the world to achieve it! More flexibility by all means, but we should be careful not to throw away the positive things that have helped make the Assembly what it is. - MH @ Syniadau Jonathan, First let me add my welcome to the Welsh Blogosphere.

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While I would agree with you on the length of the summer recess, I wouldn’t be so keen to go along with you on the use of Monday and the length of the Assembly day.

An AM’s job is AS MUCH to do with constituency (or regional) matters as it is to do with time spent at Cardiff. So the two need to be balanced. This will be of relatively little concern for you as a Cardiff AM, because you can just hop into a cab and do a surgery half an hour after Assembly business is finished, but it will definitely be an issue for those who have to travel further.

Also I think that more civilized hours is an important contributory factor to the gender balance of the Assembly … something that we should take great pride in, especially as we were the first country in the world to achieve it!

More flexibility by all means, but we should be careful not to throw away the positive things that have helped make the Assembly what it is.

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MH @ Syniadau

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