Agenda - Business Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1, Senedd

Meeting date: 18 September 2025

Meeting time: 09.30 – 12.00
For further information contact:

Adam Vaughan

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddBusiness@senedd.wales

Private, Hybrid

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1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions

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2 Minutes of the previous meeting held on 9 July 2025

(Pages 1 - 3)

Attached Documents:
Minutes of the previous meeting held on 9 July 2025

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Items for consideration

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3 Registration of interests

(9.30) (Pages 4 - 15)

Attached Documents:
Paper 1: Inquiry into Registration and Declaration of Interests: Consideration of Standards of Conduct Committee Recommendations

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4 Review of the legislative scrutiny processes for Public Bills and Member Bills: Explanatory materials for Bills

(10:00)

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4.1 Explanatory materials

(Pages 16 - 37)

Attached Documents:
Paper 2: Review of the legislative scrutiny processes for Public Bills and Member Bills: Explanatory materials

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4.2 Comparison of explanatory material requirements

(Pages 38 - 53)

Attached Documents:
Paper 3: Review of the legislative scrutiny processes for Public Bills, and Member Bills: comparison of explanatory material requirements

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Draft outputs

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5 Standing Order Thresholds (excluding the threshold for political groups)

(11.00)

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5.1 Amending Standing Orders: Standing Order Thresholds

(Pages 54 - 64)

Attached Documents:
Paper 4: Amending Standing Orders: Standing Order Thresholds

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6 Committee chair job sharing

(11.20) (Pages 65 - 82)

Attached Documents:
Paper 5: Amending Standing Orders: Committee chair job sharing

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7 Review of the legislative scrutiny processes for Public Bills and Member Bills: Virtual participation, and voting in committees (proposed changes to Standing Orders, and draft guidance for consultation with the Chairs’ Forum)

(11.40)

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7.1 Virtual participation in proceedings, and means of voting in committees

(Pages 83 - 84)

Attached Documents:
Paper 6: Review of the legislative scrutiny processes for Public Bills, and Member Bills: Virtual participation in proceedings, and means of voting in committees

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7.2 Annex 1 - Draft report (English only)

(Pages 85 - 96)

Attached Documents:
Paper 6: Review of the legislative scrutiny processes for Public Bills, and Member Bills: Virtual participation in proceedings, and means of voting in committees (Annex 1)

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7.3 Annex 2 - Draft revised guidance (English only)

(Pages 97 - 115)

Attached Documents:
Paper 6: Review of the legislative scrutiny processes for Public Bills, and Member Bills: Virtual participation in proceedings, and means of voting in committees (Annex 2)

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