Concise Minutes - Standards of Conduct Committee


Meeting Venue:

Video Conference via Teams

Meeting date: Monday, 22 June 2020

Meeting time: 10.00 - 10.35
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/6383


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Attendance

Category

Names

Assembly Members:

Jayne Bryant MS (Chair)

Rhun ap Iorwerth MS

Andrew RT Davies MS

David J Rowlands MS

Witnesses:

Douglas Bain, Acting Commissioner for Standards

Committee Staff:

Meriel Singleton (Clerk)

Enrico Carpanini (Legal Adviser)

Huw Williams (Legal Adviser)

Daniel Collier (Deputy Clerk)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

-      The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting. There were no apologies.

-     The Chair wished to express the Committees condolences and deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Mohammad Asghar.

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2       Commissioner for Standards Annual Report 2019-20

-      The Chair welcomed Douglas Bain, Acting Standards Commissioner and invited him to present the Standards Annual Report 2019/20.

-     The Committee noted that the report would be published later on 22 June 2020.

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3       Dual Reporting

-      The Committee discussed its review of reporting requirements relating to donations under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act.

-     The Committee agreed that, owing to time limitations posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, it would not take this work forward in any form at present.

-     The Committee agreed that this work should be included in the legacy report for the Sixth Senedd committee with responsibility for standards.

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