Meeting Venue:
Video Conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Tuesday, 26 April 2022
Meeting time: 09.30 - 11.00
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/12931
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Names |
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Members of the Senedd: |
Vikki Howells MS (Chair) Natasha Asghar MS John Griffiths MS Peredur Owen Griffiths MS |
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Witnesses: |
Douglas Bain, Commissioner for Standards |
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Committee Staff: |
Meriel Singleton (Clerk) Bethan Garwood (Deputy Clerk) Enrico Carpanini (Legal Adviser) Huw Williams (Legal Adviser) |
1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Standards of Conduct Committee. There were no declarations of interest.
2 Procedure for dealing with complaints against Members of the Senedd
2.1 The Committee took evidence from the Commissioner for Standards and agreed to make further amendments to the draft Procedure.
3 Welsh Ministerial Code
3.1 The Committee considered the letter from the First Minister along with the legal advice note.
3.2 The Committee agreed to write back to the Llywydd, copying in the Standards Commissioner, to outline its findings on the interaction between the Code for Plaid Cymru Designated Members and the Code of Conduct for Members of the Senedd.
4 Inquiry into Lobbying - Draft Consultation
4.1 The Committee agreed to the draft consultation document, and to undertake a review of cross-party groups as part of the work.