Agenda - Member Accountability Bill Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4

Meeting date: 11 November 2025

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Sarah Sargent

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddMAB@senedd.wales


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Informal pre-meeting (09.20-09.30)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

09.30                                                                                                               

 

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2       Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill - evidence session with the Chair of the Standards of Conduct Committee

09.30-10.05                                                                               (Pages 1 - 58)

Hannah Blythyn MS, Chair, Standards of Conduct Committee

Meriel Singleton, Clerk, Standards of Conduct Committee, Senedd Commission

Huw Williams, Chief Legal Adviser, Senedd Commission

Attached Documents:
Paper 1 - Briefing paper
Paper 2 - Letter from the Standards of Conduct Committee: Scrutiny of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill (30 October 2025)
Paper 3 - Senedd Research background briefing

 

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3       Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill - evidence session with the Senedd Commissioner for Standards

10.05-10.40                                                                                                    

Douglas Bain, Senedd Commissioner for Standards

Jonathan Thomas, Office of the Senedd Commissioner for Standards

Attached Documents:
Paper 4 - Briefing paper

 

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4       Papers to note

10.40-10.45                                                                             (Pages 59 - 68)

Attached Documents:
Paper 5 - Correspondence from the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery: Statement of Policy Intent (3 November 2025)

 

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

10.45                                                                                                               

 

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6       Consideration of evidence received under items 2 and 3

10.45-10.55                                                                                                    

 

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