Concise Minutes - Committee on Assembly Electoral Reform

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Monday, 25 November 2019

Meeting time: 10.15 - 11.56

Private

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Dawn Bowden AM (Chair) Huw Irranca-Davies AM Delyth Jewell AM David J Rowlands AM
Witnesses:	Michela Palese, Electoral Reform Society Ian Simpson, Electoral Reform Society
Committee Staff:	Helen Finlayson (Clerk) Stephen Aldhouse (Second Clerk) Sian Giddins (Deputy Clerk) Rhayna Mann (Head of Citizen Engagement) Kevin Davies (Head of Public Engagement) Gareth Pembridge (Legal Adviser) Martin Jennings (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1     The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting; there were no apologies.

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2 Public engagement strategy

2.1     The Committee considered its public engagement strategy and agreed to return to the issue at its next meeting.

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3 Forward work programme

3.1     The Committee considered its forward work programme and agreed to return to the issue at its next meeting.

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4 Technical briefing on electoral systems

4.1     Apologies were received from Jess Blair.

4.2     The Committee received a technical briefing from Michela Palese and Ian Simpson of the Electoral Reform Society.

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