Concise Minutes - Business Committee: Procedural Work

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1, Senedd

Meeting date: Thursday, 11 December 2025

Meeting time: 09.29 - 10.25

Private, Hybrid

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	Elin Jones MS (Chair) Paul Davies MS Heledd Fychan MS Jane Hutt MS
Committee Staff:	Alun Davidson, Clerk Steffan Lewis, Deputy Clerk
Others in attendance:	David Rees MS, Deputy Presiding Officer Jane Dodds MS Bethan Davies, Head of Chamber and Committee Service Helen Finlayson, Clerk for Legislative Procedural Review Adam Vaughan, Second Clerk Josh Hayman, Researcher Lesley George, Welsh Government Anthony Cooper, Welsh Labour Jennifer Ramsay, Welsh Conservatives

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1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions

The Llywydd welcomed Members to the meeting. No apologies were received.

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2 Minutes of the previous meeting held on 26 November 2025

The minutes of the previous meeting were agreed.

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3 Papers to Note

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3.1 Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language to the Chair of the Finance Committee regarding changes to the Budget Process Protocol

The Committee noted the letter.

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4 Review of the Public Bill and Member Bill processes

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4.1 Bill timetabling

The Committee considered the paper, and reached decisions in respect of the outstanding issues regarding Bill timetabling.

The Committee thanked the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee, the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee, the Finance Committee, the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee and the Member Accountability Bill Committee for sharing their views on the Welsh Government’s trial publication of pre-introduction versions of Bills introduced in the final year of the Sixth Senedd. It agreed to publish the Committees’ letters on the review webpage.

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5 Political Groups and Groupings

The Committee considered and agreed the draft Standing Orders report.

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