Agenda - Member Accountability Bill Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: 12 February 2026

Meeting time: 09.00
For further information contact:

Sarah Sargent

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddMAB@senedd.wales

On-site

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Informal private meeting

(09.00-09.15)

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Public meeting

(09.15-17.00)

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

                                                                                                                          

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2       Papers to note

                                                                                                     (Pages 1 - 8)

Attached Documents:
Paper 1 – Letter from the Chair of the Member Accountability Bill Committee to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery (22 January 2026)
Paper 2 – Letter from the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery to the Chair of the Member Accountability Bill Committee (2 February 2026)
Paper 3 – Letter from the Chair of the Standards of Conduct Committee to the Chair of the Member Accountability Bill Committee (23 January 2026)
Paper 4 – Letter from the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee (6 February 2026)

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Item 3 is subject to a financial resolution being agreed by the Senedd on 10 February 2026.

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3       Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill - Stage 2 proceedings

Julie James MS, Counsel General and Minister for Delivery

Will Whiteley, Deputy Director, Senedd Reform, Welsh Government

Ryan Price, Head of Senedd Reform Policy, Welsh Government

Samuel Carr, Lawyer, Legal Services, Welsh Government

 

Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill

Marshalled list of Amendments

Grouping of Amendments

 

The Committee agreed on 20 January 2026 that the order of consideration for Stage 2 proceedings would be: sections 2 to 21, Schedules 1 and 2, sections 22 to 25, section 1, and the long title.

 

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A lunch break will be called at an appropriate point in proceedings.

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