Concise Minutes - Member Accountability Bill Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Tuesday, 11 November 2025

Meeting time: 09.30 - 10.51
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15844

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	David Rees MS (Chair) Lesley Griffiths MS Sam Rowlands MS Buffy Williams MS Sioned Williams MS
Witnesses:	Douglas Bain, Commissioner for Standards Hannah Blythyn MS, Chair, Standards of Conduct Committee Meriel Singleton, Clerk, Standards of Conduct Committee, Senedd Commission Huw Williams, Chief Legal Adviser, Senedd Commission
Committee Staff:	Sarah Sargent (Clerk) Cerian Jones (Second Clerk) David Lakin (Deputy Clerk) Josh Hayman (Researcher) Nia Moss (Researcher) Samiwel Davies (Legal Adviser)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Member Accountability Bill Committee.

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

2.1 The Committee received evidence from the Chair of the Standards of Conduct Committee.

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

3.1 The Committee received evidence from the Senedd Commissioner for Standards.

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4 Papers to note

4.1 The Committee noted the correspondence from the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery: Statement of Policy Intent.

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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

5.1 The motion was agreed.

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6 Consideration of evidence received under items 2 and 3

6.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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