Meeting Venue:
Committee Room 1,
Senedd
Meeting date: Thursday, 26 October 2023
Meeting time: 09.19 - 13.46
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13775
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Names |
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Members of the Senedd: |
David Rees MS (Chair) Heledd Fychan MS Darren Millar MS Sarah Murphy MS Jane Dodds MS |
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Witnesses: |
Professor Laura McAllister, Expert Panel on Assembly Electoral Reform Professor Alan Renwick, Expert Panel on Assembly Electoral Reform Rt. Hon. Elin Jones MS, Llywydd, Llywydd Manon Antoniazzi, Chief Executive and Clerk Siwan Davies, Deputy Chief Executive and Clerk and Director of Senedd Business Alun Davidson Clerk, Constitutional Change / Parliamentary Business Strategy Team Professor Diana Stirbu, London Metropolitan University |
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Committee Staff: |
Helen Finlayson (Clerk) Georgina Owen (Second Clerk) Catherine Roberts (Deputy Clerk) Samiwel Davies (Legal Adviser) Josh Hayman (Researcher) |
1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
There were no apologies, substitutions or declarations of interest.
The Chair welcomed Jane Dodds MS, who was attending in accordance with Standing Order 17.49.
2 Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Expert Panel on Assembly Electoral Reform
The Committee received evidence from the Expert Panel on Assembly Reform.
3 Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Llywydd and the Senedd Commission
The Committee received evidence from the Llywydd and the Senedd Commission.
The witnesses agreed to provide further information about:
- The Senedd Commission’s role in producing the cost estimates included by the Expert Panel on Assembly Electoral Reform in its 2017 report, A parliament that works for Wales, and the assumptions upon which those estimates were based.
- The public appointments made by the Senedd, in particular their terms of office and the potential impact of any change in the length of Senedd terms on such appointments.
4 Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with parliamentary academics
The Committee received evidence from Professor Diana Stirbu.
5 Papers to Note
5.1 Letter from the Petitions Committee regarding Petition P-06-1334 Make the Senedd More Representative of the Welsh Population - 2 October 2023
The Committee noted the letter.
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
The Committee noted the letter.
5.3 Letter from the Petitions Committee regarding Senedd reform petitions - 3 October 2023
The Committee noted the letter.
5.4 Response from the Reform Bill Committee to the Petitions Committee regarding Senedd reform petitions - 5 October 2023
The Committee noted the letter.
5.5 Letter to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution regarding the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill - 16 October 2023
The Committee noted the letter.
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
The Committee noted the letter.
6 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting
The Committee agreed the motion.
7 Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Consideration of evidence
The Committee considered the evidence received.
8 Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Technical briefing
The Committee noted the additional background briefing.