Montgomeryshire MP has chance to put forward private members bill

Conservative Montgomeryshire MP Glyn Davies was one of 20 MPs who can propose a new law.

Private members’ bills are one of the few chances MPs who are not ministers get to create legislation, although most are still likely to fall short.

Six bills from last year’s ballot ended up becoming law, and Mr Davies is now taking on extra work in decided what law he will put forward.

He said: “I have been inundated with proposals to put forward, a lot of organisations and charities have been putting ideas to me, so I have got to think long and hard about what I will do.

“It is a tough one because I can put something forward that won’t go through, but will raise the profile of a certain topic or make a public statement.

“Or I could put something forward that could have a real chance of becoming a law, so there is a lot of hard thinking to do.”

Mr Davies will now be in discussions, and working at Westminster to come up with a bill to take forward.

The number you are drawn on the bill determines how much debating time it is allowed, and Mr Davies was drawn out 10th.

He added: “It will probably be January or February time when the bill is discussed.

“If I put something forward directly effect Mid Wales or Montgomeryshire it might not get through, as I may not be able to get the support of other parties for it or MPs for it.

“However laws that might be the case, they may stand a chance and I can go to other parties and members to get there support for it.

“It is not very often someone gets this chance, it is the first time I have been drawn out.”

Mr Davies also commented on the current situation in parliament, and the early dealings with DUP members.

Mr Davies added: “I thin k it has gone a lot more smoothly than people are making out.

“People wouldn’t have predicted it would go like this a few weeks back, and I think so far it has all gone very well.”