Concise Minutes - Standards of Conduct Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

Meeting date: Tuesday, 27 February 2018

Meeting time: 09.33 - 10.54
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4518

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Jayne Bryant AM (Chair) Gareth Bennett AM Paul Davies AM Llyr Gruffydd AM
Witnesses:	Ruth Coombs, Equality and Human Rights Commission Cerys Furlong, Chwarae Teg Gwendolyn Sterk, Welsh Women's Aid Andrew White, Stonewall Cymru Iestyn Wyn, Stonewall Cymru
Committee Staff:	Meriel Singleton (Second Clerk) Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk) Enrico Carpanini (Legal Adviser)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to the meeting.

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2 Code of Conduct - Review: Consideration of consultation responses received

2.1 The Members noted the letter from Andrea Leadsom MP and the consultation responses.

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3 Code of Conduct Review - Stakeholder event

3.1 The Committee discussed the areas highlighted in the recent consultation regarding the review of the Code of Conduct with Cerys Furlong, Chief Executive, Chwarae Teg; Gwendolyn Sterk, Public Affairs Manager, Welsh Women’s Aid; Ruth Coombs, Head of Wales Equality and Human Rights Commission; Andrew White, Director, Stonewall Cymru and Iestyn Wyn, Campaigns, Policy and Research Manager, Stonewall Cymru.

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4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:

4.1 The motion was agreed.

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5 Code of Conduct - Review: Consideration of evidence received

5.1 Members considered the evidence received.

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