Concise Minutes - Standards of Conduct Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Tuesday, 3 October 2017

Meeting time: 09.30 - 10.39
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4359/

Private

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Jayne Bryant AM (Chair) Gareth Bennett AM Paul Davies AM Llyr Gruffydd AM
Witnesses:
Committee Staff:	Meriel Singleton (Second Clerk) Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk) Enrico Carpanini (Legal Adviser) Owain Roberts

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to the Committee meeting.

1.2  There were no apologies.

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2 Paper(s) to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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2.1 Correspondence on UK Standards issues: Correspondence from Lord Bew, Chair of Committee on Standards in Public Life (18 July 2017)

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3 Assembly Reform: Correspondence from the Llywydd

3.1 Members considered the letter and asked for a detailed legal briefing and will return to this issue at the next Committee meeting.

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4 Cross Party Groups Annual Reports 2016-17

4.1 Members considered the Cross-Party Group Monitoring Report prepared by the Table Office for the Committee in accordance with paragraph 44 of the rules on the operation of Cross-Party Groups.

4.2 Members agreed that the Chair should write to the Llywydd with suggested actions on the Cross-Party Groups which have not complied with the rules and subsequently categorised into Categories B and C of the Report.

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5 Inquiry into Lobbying – Draft Report

5.1 Members considered the draft report. A revised version will be considered at the next meeting.

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