Meeting Venue:
Hybrid - Committee room 3 Senedd
and video conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Tuesday, 7 November 2023
Meeting time: 09.11 - 10.52
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13797
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Category |
Names |
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Members of the Senedd: |
David Rees MS (Chair) Janet Finch-Saunders MS Llyr Gruffydd MS Peredur Owen Griffiths MS Joyce Watson MS |
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Witnesses: |
Shaun McNally, Electoral Commission Dame Elan Closs Stephens CBE, Electoral Commission Rhydian Thomas, Electoral Commission David Moran, Director, Finance and Corporate Services, Electoral Commission |
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Committee Staff: |
Meriel Singleton (Clerk) Bethan Garwood (Deputy Clerk) Christian Tipples (Researcher) Matthew Richards (Legal Adviser) |
1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
1.1 The Chair welcomes Members to the meeting.
1.2 No apologies were received and there were no declarations of interest.
2 Scrutiny of the Electoral Commission financial estimates 2024/25
2.1 The Chair welcomed the Electoral Commission to the meeting and thanked them for submitting their financial estimate for the financial year 2024-25 and supplementary estimate 2023-24.
2.2 The Committee scrutinised the Electoral Commission on their financial estimate for 2024-25.
2.3 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.
2.4 The Committee noted the Electoral Commission’s reports on the May 2023 local elections and on the accuracy and completeness of the electoral registers.
2.5 The Committee noted the two letters from the Electoral Commission on the cyber-attack and the Chief Executive.
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 2024/25: Consideration of evidence
4.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.