Concise Minutes - Standards of Conduct Committee

Meeting Venue:

Video-conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Monday, 2 December 2024

Meeting time: 10.00 - 12.37
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15041

Remote

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	Hannah Blythyn MS (Chair) Mick Antoniw MS Samuel Kurtz MS Peredur Owen Griffiths MS Jane Dodds MS (Guest Member) Adam Price MS (Guest Member) Lee Waters MS (Guest Member)
Witnesses:	Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs Ryan Price, Welsh Government Will Whiteley, Welsh Government Martin Jelley QPM DL, House of Lords
Committee Staff:	Meriel Singleton (Clerk) Bethan Garwood (Deputy Clerk) Samiwel Davies (Legal Adviser) Nia Moss (Researcher) Josh Hayman (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1    The chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Standards of Conduct Committee. James Evans sent his apologies. There were no declarations of interest.

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2 Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence Session 20

2.1    The Committee received evidence from Huw Irranca-Davies, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs; Will Whiteley, Deputy Director, Senedd Reform, Welsh Government and Ryan Price, Head of Senedd Policy, Welsh Government on the topic of Individual Member Accountability.

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3 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting

3.1    The motion to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting under Standing Order 17.42 was agreed.

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4 Consideration of evidence

4.1    The Committee considered the evidence from sessions 17-20.

4.2    The Committee agreed to write to the Government for further information following the evidence session.

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5 Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence Session 21

5.1    The Committee received evidence from Martin Jelley, House of Lords Commissioner for Standards on the topic of Individual Member Accountablilty.

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6 Papers to note

6.1    The Committee noted the written evidence from Jonathan Rees KC and paper from Institute for Constitutional and Democratic Research.

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