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Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee |
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Meeting Venue: |
Committee Room 2 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Wednesday, 7 March 2012 |
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Meeting time: |
09:30 - 11:30 |
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This meeting can be viewed on Senedd
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Concise Minutes: |
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Assembly Members: |
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Ann Jones (Chair) Janet Finch-Saunders Mike Hedges Mark Isherwood Bethan Jenkins Gwyn R Price Ken Skates Alun Ffred Jones (In place of Rhodri Glyn Thomas) Joyce Watson Eluned Parrott (In place of Peter Black) Peter Black |
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Witnesses: |
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Colin Nosworthy, Welsh Language Society Ceri Phillips, Welsh Language Society Osian Rhys, Welsh Language Society Geraint Wyn Parry, Chief Executive, Association of Welsh Translators Berwyn Prys Jones, Chairman, Association of Welsh Translators |
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Committee Staff: |
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P Gareth Williams (Clerk) Leanne Hatcher (Deputy Clerk) Joanest Jackson (Legal Advisor) Owain Roberts (Researcher) |
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1. Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1.1 The Chair welcomed Members, witnesses and members of the public to the meeting.
1.1.2 Apologies for absence were received from Rhodri Glyn Thomas and Peter Black for items 2 and 3, given their roles on the Assembly Commission.
1.1.3 The Chair welcomed Alun Ffred Jones and Eluned Parrott to the meeting, who were substituting for them respectively, in accordance with Standing Order 17.48.
1.1.4 The Chair welcomed Peter Black to item 4 on the Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Bill.
2. National Assembly for Wales (Official Languages) Bill: Stage 1 Evidence Session - Welsh Language Society
2.1 The Committee received evidence from the Welsh Language Society on the Bill.
2.2 The Welsh Language Society agreed to provide additional information to the Committee.
3. National Assembly for Wales (Official Languages) Bill: Stage 1 Evidence Session - Association of Welsh Translators
3.1 The Committee received evidence from the Association of Welsh Translators on the Bill.
4. Private Session: Consideration of Key Issues on the Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Bill
4.1 The Committee agreed to exclude the public from item 4, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42 (vi), to consider the key issues and recommendations of its report on the Bill.