Agenda - Member Accountability Bill Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee Room 4, Tŷ Hywel, and videoconference via Zoom

Meeting date: 27 November 2025

Meeting time: 14.15
For further information contact:

Sarah Sargent

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddMAB@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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Informal pre-meeting

(14.00 – 14.15)

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Public meeting

(14.15 – 15.15)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

14.15

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2 Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill - evidence session

14.15-15.15 (Pages 1 - 6)

Alberto Costa MP, Chair of the House of Commons Committee on Standards

Dr David Stirling, House of Commons Committee on Standards Lay Member

Attached Documents:
Paper 1 – Briefing paper

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3 Papers to note

15.15

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4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 5, 6, and 8

15.15

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Private meeting

(15.15 – 15.55)

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

15.15-15.25

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6 Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill - consideration of consultation responses

15.25-15.55

Responses to the consultation can be accessed here: https://business.senedd.wales/mgConsultationDisplay.aspx?id=618&RPID=1066678636&cp=yes

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(15.55 – 16.15)

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Public meeting

(16.15 – 17.00)

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7 Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill - evidence session

16.15-17.00 (Pages 7 - 14)

Alexander Greenwood, Criminal Bar Association

Jonathan Elystan Rees KC, Criminal Bar Association

Attached Documents:
Paper 2 - Briefing paper

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Private meeting

(17.00 – 17.15)

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8 Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill - consideration of evidence

17.00-17.15

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