Editing Senedd (section)

===Name change===
In July 2016, Assembly members unanimously agreed that the name of the Assembly should reflect its constitutional status as a national parliament.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill |url=https://seneddresearch.blog/2019/03/05/the-senedd-and-elections-wales-bill/ |date=5 March 2019 |publisher=Senedd Cymru |language=en-GB |access-date=27 May 2020 }}</ref> The [[Senedd Commission|Assembly Commission]] ran a public consultation on the proposal, which showed that 61% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that the Assembly should change its name.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Assembly to be renamed Welsh Parliament under new law |url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2017-06-13/welsh-assembly-name-to-be-renamed-welsh-parliament-under-new-law/ |date=13 June 2017 |publisher=[[ITV News]] |language=en |access-date=27 May 2020 }}</ref> In 2018, the commission announced its intention to introduce legislation to change the name of the Assembly. Later that year, the {{lang|cy|[[Llywydd of the Senedd|Llywydd]]}} – the Assembly's presiding officer – wrote to all Assembly Members explaining that the name change proposed in the Bill would be the monolingual name Senedd.<ref>{{cite web |title=Letter from the Llywydd to all Assembly Members |url=https://senedd.wales/en/abthome/role-of-assembly-how-it-works/Documents/Members%20Letter%20en%2012112018.pdf |last=Jones |first=Elin |date=2018 |publisher=Senedd Cymru |access-date=27 May 2020 |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804060205/https://senedd.wales/en/abthome/role-of-assembly-how-it-works/Documents/Members%20Letter%20en%2012112018.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2019, the [[Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020|Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill]], favouring the name Senedd, was introduced on behalf of the Assembly Commission. Following support of a subsequent amendment to the Bill which favoured a bilingual name for the institution, the Bill was passed by the Assembly on 27 November 2019 and was given Royal Assent on 15 January 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ifan |first=Mared |date=30 September 2019 |title=National Assembly set for new bilingual name |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News Online]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-49887160 |access-date=27 May 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.wrexham.com/news/historic-act-enables-voting-for-16-and-17-year-olds-renames-assembly-to-welsh-parliament-179517.html |title=Historic Act enables voting for 16 and 17-year olds – renames Assembly to "Welsh Parliament" |date=16 January 2020 |website=Wrexham.com }}</ref> The Act changed the name of the Assembly to {{lang|cy|Senedd Cymru}} or the ''Welsh Parliament''. Its guidance states that the institution will be commonly known as the Senedd in both languages. The name change came into effect on 6 May 2020. Members of the renamed body are known as Members of the Senedd (MS), or {{lang|cy|Aelodau o'r Senedd}} (AS) in Welsh.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.assembly.wales/en/abthome/about_us-commission_assembly_administration/namechange/Pages/NameChangeConsultation.aspx |title=Name Change Consultation |publisher=assembly.wales |access-date=7 August 2017 |archive-date=6 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106163736/http://www.assembly.wales/en/abthome/about_us-commission_assembly_administration/namechange/Pages/NameChangeConsultation.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-47212492 |title=Votes at 16 plan for 2021 Senedd election |work=[[BBC News Online]] |date=12 February 2019 |access-date=15 May 2019 }}</ref>