Motion to instruct a Committee - Named Day Motion NDM6573

1.   Members are invited to note NDM6573 (as amended), which was passed by the Assembly on 29 November 2017.

 

2.   The motion instructs the Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister to note four points, including the report produced by James Hamilton, an independent adviser to the Welsh Government, into allegations that the First Minister breached the Ministerial Code.

 

3.       NDM6573 (as amended) To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 17.2, instructs the Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister to note: 1. The Welsh Government’s commitment to appoint a panel of independent advisers to provide a source of external independent advice on Ministerial conduct as required under the Ministerial Code as set out in a written statement issued on 23 November 2017. 2. That James Hamilton, a current independent adviser to the Scottish Government, has been appointed as an independent adviser to the Welsh Government; and 3. That the First Minister has referred himself to James Hamilton in relation to allegations, made in the last two weeks, that he breached the Ministerial Code; and 4. The final report of the independent adviser when published. Written Statement Ministerial Code – November 2017 The James Hamilton report was laid before the Assembly on 17 April 2018.