Concise Minutes - Member Accountability Bill Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Tuesday, 25 November 2025

Meeting time: 09.30 - 10.49
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15850

Hybrid

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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:	Daniel Greenberg, House of Commons
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

2.1 The Committee received evidence from Daniel Greenberg CB, Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. Apologies were received by Dr Melissa McCullough, Pan-Island Commissioner for Standards.

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3 Papers to note

3.1 The Committee noted correspondence sent to the Chair of the Business 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

4.1 The motion was agreed.

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5 Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill - Consideration of evidence

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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