Concise Minutes - Member Accountability Bill Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Tuesday, 2 December 2025

Meeting time: 09.30 - 10.54
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15851

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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:	Julie James MS, Counsel General and Minister for Delivery Anna Hind, Welsh Government Ryan Price, Welsh Government Will Whiteley, Welsh Government
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 Julie James MS, Counsel General and Minister for Delivery, and her accompanying Welsh Government officials.

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3 Papers to note

3.1 The Committee noted the correspondence to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery from the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee: Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill (24 November 2025).

3.2 The Committee also noted the correspondence to the Business Committee: Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill – impact of the timetable on scrutiny (26 November 2025).

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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, and from the committee's meetings on the 3rd, 9th  and 16th of December

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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