Concise Minutes - Standards of Conduct Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 and Zoom

Meeting date: Tuesday, 17 June 2025

Meeting time: 09.33 - 10.48
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15339

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	Hannah Blythyn MS (Chair) Mick Antoniw MS Tom Giffard MS Peredur Owen Griffiths MS
Witnesses:	Manon Antoniazzi, Chief Executive and Clerk, Senedd Commission Leanne Baker, Chief People Officer, Senedd Commission Matthew Richards, Interim Director of Senedd Business, Senedd Commission
Committee Staff:	Meriel Singleton (Clerk) Cerian Jones (Second Clerk) Samiwel Davies (Legal Adviser)

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1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1     The chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Standards of Conduct Committee. There were no apologies and no declarations of interest.

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2 Inquiry into dignity and respect: Evidence session 8

2.1  The Committee received evidence on the topic of dignity and respect from Manon Antoniazzi, Chief Executive and Clerk, Welsh Parliament; Matthew Richards, Director of Senedd Business, Welsh Parliament and Leanne Baker, Chief People Officer, Welsh Parliament.

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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 Consider a report from the Commissioner for Standards in accordance with Standing Order 22.2(i)

4.1  The committee continued its consideration of the report from the Commissioner of Standards in accordance with standing order 22.2(i).

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5 Papers to note

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5.1 Letter from Joyce Watson MS - Gender-sensitive parliament audit of the Senedd

5.1  the Committee noted the letter.

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5.2 Note of evidence session 7

5.2  The committee noted the note of the previous evidence session.

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