Concise Minutes - Member Accountability Bill Committee

Meeting Venue:

 Committee Room 4

Meeting date: Tuesday, 4 November 2025

Meeting time: 09.30 - 10.35
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15843

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	David Rees MS (Chair) Sam Rowlands MS (In place of Paul Davies MS) Lesley Griffiths MS Buffy Williams MS Sioned Williams MS
Committee Staff:	Sarah Sargent (Clerk) Cerian Jones (Second Clerk) David Lakin (Deputy Clerk) Josh Hayman (Researcher) Nia Moss (Researcher) Samiwel Davies (Legal Adviser) Ffion Jones (Team Support)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

The Chair welcomed Sam Rowlands MS to the meeting, who substituted for Paul Davies MS.

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2 The Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill - Stage 1 scrutiny

The Chair noted that the Senedd Cymru (Members Accountability and Elections) Bill was laid before the Senedd on Monday 3 November.

The Chair also reminded the Committee that its consultation on the general principles of the Bill has been launched, and will close on Wednesday 19 November.

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3 Papers to note

The Committee noted the correspondence from the Business Committee and the Standards of Conduct Committee.

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4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting

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5 Consideration of the Committee's forward work programme

The Committee considered its forward work programme.

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