Agenda - Local Government and Housing Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 5

Meeting date: 7 December 2023

Meeting time: 12.30
For further information contact:

Catherine Hunt

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddHousing@senedd.wales

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At its meeting on 30 November, the Committee agreed a motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to exclude the public from Item 1 of today's meeting

 

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1       Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill - consideration of key issues

(12.30)                                                                                                             

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2       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(13.30)                                                                                                             

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3       Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill - Evidence from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution

(13.30)                                                                                        (Pages 1 - 26)

Mick Antoniw MS, Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution

Michael Kay – SRO for the Bill – Deputy Director, Elections Division, Welsh Government

Laura Mitchell – Government Lawyer, Legal Services, Welsh Government

Angharad Thomas-Richards – Electoral Reform Programme Advisor, Elections Division, Welsh Government

 

Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill

Explanatory Memorandum

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4       Papers to note

                                                                                                           (Page 27)

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4.1   Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government - Diversity in local government

                                                                                                 (Pages 28 - 33)

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4.2   Letter from the Chair of Petitions Committee - P-06-1334 Make the Senedd More Representative of the Welsh Population

                                                                                                           (Page 34)

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4.3   Letter from the Minister for Climate Change - Legislative Consent: Renters (Reform) Bill

                                                                                                           (Page 35)

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4.4   Letter from Llamau to Finance Committee - Draft budget 2024-25

                                                                                                 (Pages 36 - 39)

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4.5   Letter from Gorwel - Draft Budget 2024-25

                                                                                                 (Pages 40 - 41)

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4.6   Survey findings - Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 42 - 53)

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5       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting

                                                                                                                          

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6       Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill - consideration of key issues

(15.00)                                                                                                             

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