Meeting Venue:
Hybrid - Committee room 5 Tŷ Hywel and video conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Monday, 7 November 2022
Meeting time: 09.03 - 10.28
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13116
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Category |
Names |
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Members of the Senedd: |
David Rees MS (Chair) Janet Finch-Saunders MS Peredur Owen Griffiths MS Joyce Watson MS Llyr Gruffydd MS |
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Witnesses: |
Dame Elan Closs Stephens CBE, Electoral Commission Shaun McNally, Electoral Commission Rhydian Thomas, Electoral Commission Kieran Rix, Electoral Commission |
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Committee Staff: |
Meriel Singleton (Clerk) Bethan Garwood (Deputy Clerk) Craig Griffiths (Legal Adviser) Christian Tipples (Researcher) |
1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.
1.2 Apologies had been received from Rhys ap Owen for whom Llyr Gruffydd was substituting.
1.3 There were no declarations of interest.
2 Scrutiny of the Electoral Commission financial estimates 2023/24
2.1 The Chair welcomed the Electoral Commission to the meeting and thanked them for submitting their financial estimate for the financial year 2023-24 and supplementary estimate 2022-23.
2.2 The Committee scrutinised the Electoral Commission on their financial estimate for 2023-24 and supplementary estimate 2022-23.
2.3 The Committee noted a letter from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution on the Electoral Commission’s report on the electoral pilot scheme.
2.4 The Committee noted the letter from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution on the estimate as part of the consultation required under paragraph 16A(8)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.
3 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
3.1 The motion to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting under Standing Order 17.42(vi) was agreed.
4 Scrutiny of the Electoral Commission financial estimates 2023/24: Consideration of evidence
4.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.