Concise Minutes - Remuneration Board

Remote - Digital

Meeting date: Monday, 23 June 2025

Meeting time: 09:00 – 12:00

IRB (04-25)

Attendance

Category	Names
Board members:	Dr Elizabeth Haywood (Chair) Dame Jane Roberts Jennifer Long Hugh Widdis Lord Nicholas Bourne
Officials:	Daniel Hurford, Clerk Huw Gapper, Second Clerk Max Bonar-Law, Senior Researcher Ruth Hatton, Deputy Clerk Nia George, Deputy Clerk
Secretariat:	Anna Daniel, Senior Adviser to the Board, Head of Strategic Transformation Service Gareth Howells, Legal Adviser Craig Griffiths, Head of Members’ Business Support Angharad Williams, Head of Finance Rebeca Jones, Management Accountant Huw Bowen, Senior Business Partner, Members Business Support

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1 Chair's introduction (09:00 - 09:05)

§ The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.

§ The Board agreed the minutes of the 9 June meeting.

Action:

§ Secretariat to publish the minutes for the meeting held on 9 June 2025.

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2 Further consideration of Part 2 consultation responses (09.05 - 10.00)

§ The Board further considered a number of proposals in relation to the Part 2 consultation following initial consideration at the 9 June meeting.  

§ The Board agreed to take final decisions at the 10 July meeting with a view to publishing its decisions in the Summer.

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3 Support for Senedd Groups (10.00 - 11.00)

§ The Board considered the proposals for Support for Senedd Groups in light of the outcome of the Part 2 consultation and the proposed pay and grading framework. It agreed to consider further at the 10 July meeting.

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4 Publication of Determination (11.15 - 11.45)

§ The Board further considered its approach to publishing its decisions and the Determination for the Seventh Senedd.

§ It agreed to write to the Llywydd setting out its intended two-stage approach to publish its decisions for the Determination for the Seventh Senedd in the Summer and the full, draft Determination later in the year. The Board agreed that its decisions should be published as an annex to the current Determination, alongside a Summary document and a Part Two consultation report. The draft, full Determination would be published later in the year.

§ The Board agreed to consider further at the 10 July meeting with a view to making its final decisions for the Determination for the Seventh Senedd and confirming its final publication arrangements.

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5 Any other business (11.45)

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