Reform’s Joe Martin given Senedd speaking ban after he said white people are being replaced | 10 Nov 2026 | A Reform Member of the Senedd (MS) has been banned from speaking in the Welsh Parliament until he apologises for claiming white people were being replaced in the UK. Presiding Officer Huw Irranca-Davies said Joe Martin’s comments were clearly “discriminatory” and “offensive”. On Tuesday Martin asked the Welsh government for a statement on the “demographic replacement of white British people.” Martin’s comments on Tuesday echoed a theory that the white population was being deliberately replaced by the immigration of other ethnic groups. He said: “Can I have a statement from your government on the demographic replacement of white British people taking place in the UK?