Agenda - Reform Bill Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1, Senedd

Meeting date: Thursday 26 October 2023

Meeting time: 09.15
For further information contact:

Helen Finlayson

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddReform@senedd.wales

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Private pre-meeting (09.00-09.15)

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

(09.15)                                                                                                             

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2       Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Expert Panel on Assembly Electoral Reform

(09.15 - 10.15)                                                                           (Pages 1 - 22)

Professor Laura McAllister, Chair of the Expert Panel on Assembly Electoral Reform

Professor Alan Renwick, Member of the Expert Panel on Assembly Electoral Reform

 

Supporting documents
Paper 1 Written evidence: Professor Alan Renwick

Research Brief        

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Break (10.15-10.30)

 

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3       Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Llywydd and the Senedd Commission

(10.30-12.00)                                                                           (Pages 23 - 52)

 

Elin Jones MS, Llywydd

Manon Antoniazzi, Chief Executive and Clerk of the Senedd

Siwan Davies, Deputy Chief Executive and Clerk and Director of Senedd Business

Alun Davidson, Clerk, Constitutional Change / Parliamentary Business Strategy Team

 

Supporting documents
Paper 2 Written evidence: Llywydd

Research Brief

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Lunch (12.00 - 12.45)

 

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4       Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with parliamentary academics

(12.45 - 13.45)                                                                         (Pages 53 - 60)

Professor Diana Stirbu, Professor of Public Policy and Governance, London Metropolitan University

 

Supporting document

Research Brief

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5       Papers to Note

(13.45)                                                                                                             

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5.1   Letter from the Petitions Committee regarding Petition P-06-1334 Make the Senedd More Representative of the Welsh Population - 2 October 2023

                                                                                                           (Page 61)

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5.2   Response from the Reform Bill Committee to the Petitions Committee regarding Petition P-06-1334 Make the Senedd More Representative of the Welsh Population - 3 October 2023

                                                                                                           (Page 62)

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5.3   Letter from the Petitions Committee regarding Senedd reform petitions - 3 October 2023

                                                                                                 (Pages 63 - 65)

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5.4   Response from the Reform Bill Committee to the Petitions Committee regarding Senedd reform petitions - 5 October 2023

                                                                                                           (Page 66)

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5.5   Letter to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution regarding the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill - 16 October 2023

                                                                                                 (Pages 67 - 74)

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5.6   Letter to the former Chair of the Special Purpose Committee on Senedd Reform regarding the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill - 16 October 2023

                                                                                                 (Pages 75 - 77)

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

(13.45)                                                                                                             

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7       Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Consideration of evidence

(13.45-14.00)                                                                                                  

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8       Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Technical briefing

(14.00-14.15)                                                                         (Pages 78 - 112)

 

Supporting document

Paper 3 Additional background briefing

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