Agenda - Business Committee

Meeting Venue:

Video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 9 October 2025

Meeting time: 09.30 – 12.30
For further information contact:

Graeme Francis

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddBusiness@senedd.wales

Private, Remote

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1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions

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2 Minutes of the previous meeting held on 18 September 2025

(9.30) (Pages 1 - 4)

Attached Documents:
Minutes of the previous meeting held on 18 September 2025

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Items for consideration

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3 Review of the legislative scrutiny processes for Public Bills and Member Bills: Member Bills

(9:35 - 10.20) (Pages 5 - 22)

Attached Documents:
Paper 1: Member Bills

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4 Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025

(10.20 - 10.40) (Pages 23 - 41)

Attached Documents:
Paper 2: Amending Standing Orders: Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025

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5 Review of the legislative scrutiny processes for Public Bills and Member Bills: Bill timetabling (Stage 1 and amending stages)

(10.40 - 11.10)

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5.1 Bill timetabling

(Pages 42 - 60)

Attached Documents:
Paper 3: Bill Timetabling

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5.2 Comparison of Bill timetabling arrangements

(Pages 61 - 79)

Attached Documents:
Paper 4: Comparison of Bill timetabling arrangements

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Items for decision

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6 Review of the legislative scrutiny processes for Public Bills and Member Bills: Admissibility of 'identical' amendments

(11.10 - 11.30) (Pages 80 - 82)

Attached Documents:
Paper 5: Admissibility of ‘identical’ amendments

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Feedback

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7 Registration of interests

(11.30 - 11.50) (Pages 83 - 100)

Attached Documents:
Paper 6: Inquiry into Registration and Declaration of Interests: Consideration of Standards of Conduct Committee Recommendations
Paper 7: Note for Business Committee - registration of Members' interests
Paper 8: Advice from the Senedd Legal Service in relation to the query regarding FOI requests

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

(11.50 - 12.20) (Pages 101 - 121)

Attached Documents:
Paper 9: Review of the legislative scrutiny processes for Public Bills and Member Bills: Explanatory materials

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Draft Output

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9 Additional Deputy Presiding Officer

(12.20 - 12.30) (Pages 122 - 165)

Attached Documents:
Paper 10: Amending Standing Orders: Additional Deputy Presiding Officer

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