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Papers to note - Standards of Conduct Committee

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

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Meeting: 02/03/2026 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 5.)

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Meeting: 02/03/2026 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 5.1)

Letter from press regarding correction notices

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Meeting: 09/02/2026 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 4)

4 Letter from Business Committee and response from Chair of the Standards Committee

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4.2  The Committee noted the letter.


Meeting: 09/02/2026 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 4)

Compiled Consultation responses: Review of the Code of Conduct for Members of the Senedd

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4.1  The Committee noted the responses and agreed notify their respective groups of the opportunity to submit late responses.


Meeting: 09/02/2026 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 4)

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Meeting: 02/02/2026 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 4)

Letter from the Chair of the Remuneration Board

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4.4  The Committee noted the letter.


Meeting: 02/02/2026 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 4)

Letter from the Family Friendly and Inclusive Parliament Review Board

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4.2  The Committee noted the letter.


Meeting: 02/02/2026 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 4)

Further information from former lay member Arun Midha

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4.3  The Committee noted the paper.


Meeting: 02/02/2026 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 4)

4 Dignity and Respect survey results 2025

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4.1  The Committee noted that the survey had been published.


Meeting: 02/02/2026 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 4)

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Meeting: 26/01/2026 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 5)

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Meeting: 26/01/2026 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 5)

Cross-party Group Monitoring report

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5.2  The Committee noted the paper.


Meeting: 26/01/2026 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 5)

Dignity and Respect survey results 2025

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5.1  The Committee noted the paper and agreed to publish the results in advance of its next meeting.


Meeting: 19/01/2026 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 5)

5 Introducing more independence and support into the complaints process in the Senedd additional response

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5.3  The Committee noted the response.


Meeting: 19/01/2026 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 5)

Letter from the Chair of the Senedd Commission

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5.2  The Committee noted the letter.


Meeting: 19/01/2026 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 5)

5 Member Accountability Bill Committee report

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5.1  The Committee noted the report.


Meeting: 19/01/2026 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 5)

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Meeting: 16/12/2025 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 4)

Letter from the Llywydd

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4.1  The Committee noted the paper.


Meeting: 16/12/2025 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 4)

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Meeting: 08/12/2025 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 6)

6 Letter from the First Minister

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6.2  The Committee noted the letter.


Meeting: 08/12/2025 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 6)

Responses to the Introducing more independence and support into the complaints process in the Senedd consultation

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6.1  The Committee noted the responses.


Meeting: 08/12/2025 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 6)

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Meeting: 17/11/2025 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 4)

Letter to Members regarding Code of Conduct changes

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4.1  The Committee noted the letter.


Meeting: 17/11/2025 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 4)

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Meeting: 13/10/2025 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 8)

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Meeting: 17/06/2025 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 5)

5 Letter from Joyce Watson MS - Gender-sensitive parliament audit of the Senedd

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5.1  the Committee noted the letter.


Meeting: 17/06/2025 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 5)

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Meeting: 12/05/2025 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 9)

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Meeting: 28/04/2025 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 9)

Letter from the Gambling Commission

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9.1    The Committee noted the letter and agreed to publish.


Meeting: 28/04/2025 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 9)

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9    The Committee noted the letters.


Meeting: 14/01/2025 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 5)

Paper to note - Cross-Party Group Annual Report

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5.1    The Committee noted the Annual Report.


Meeting: 02/12/2024 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 6)

6 Papers to note

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6.1    The Committee noted the written evidence from Jonathan Rees KC and paper from Institute for Constitutional and Democratic Research.


Meeting: 18/11/2024 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 7)

7 Paper to note - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

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7.1    The Committee noted the paper from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs.


Meeting: 07/10/2024 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 9)

9 Paper to note - Letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee

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9.1    The Committee noted the letter.


Meeting: 07/10/2024 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 8)

8 Paper to note - Letter from the Llywydd

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8.1    The Committee noted the letter.


Meeting: 23/09/2024 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 11)

11 Paper to note - Letter from the Counsel General

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11.    The Committee noted the Letter from the Council General.

 


Meeting: 23/09/2024 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 10)

10 Paper to note - House of Lords Commissioners for Standards Annual Report

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10.    The Committee noted the Annual Report from the House of Lords Commissioners for Standards.

 


Meeting: 23/09/2024 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 9)

9 Paper to note - Senedd Commission - Dignity and Respect: Building Users Survey Results

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9.1    The Committee noted the survey results and agreed to publish it.

 


Meeting: 01/07/2024 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 7)

7 Paper to note

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7.1 The Committee noted the letter from the Counsel General.


Meeting: 04/12/2023 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 3)

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3.1 The Committee noted the draft report on Cross-Party Groups and agreed that it should be laid.

 

3.2 The Committee noted the letter from the Chair of the Reform Bill Committee to the Commissioner for Standards and agreed that they would respond after seeing the Commissioner’s response, if necessary.


Meeting: 10/07/2023 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 6)

Paper to note

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6.1 The Committee noted the letter.


Meeting: 12/12/2022 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 7)

Paper to note - Letter from the Chair of Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

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7.1 The Committee noted the letter.


Meeting: 28/11/2022 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 7)

Paper to note - Letter from the Chief Executive

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7.1 The Committee noted the letter from the Chief Executive and agreed to write back to respond.


Meeting: 10/10/2022 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 4)

Register of Members' Interests - proposed move to MS forms

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4.1 The Committee agreed to a trial of using Microsoft Forms for submitting changes to the Register of Interests.


Meeting: 26/09/2022 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 8)

Paper to note - Register of Members' Interests - proposed move to MS forms

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8.1 The Committee noted the paper and agreed to consult the Commissioner for Standards before returning to the matter at a future meeting.

 


Meeting: 28/06/2022 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 4)

Paper to note - Rules and Guidance on the Use of Senedd Resources

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4.1 The Committee noted the revised Rules and Guidance on the Use of Senedd Resources and agreed to write back to the Chief Executive.


Meeting: 06/06/2022 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 4)

Paper to note - Review of the Dignity and Respect Policy

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4.1 The Committee noted the letter.


Meeting: 26/04/2022 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 3)

Welsh Ministerial Code

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3.1 The Committee considered the letter from the First Minister along with the legal advice note.

 

3.2 The Committee agreed to write back to the Llywydd, copying in the Standards Commissioner, to outline its findings on the interaction between the Code for Plaid Cymru Designated Members and the Code of Conduct for Members of the Senedd.


Meeting: 28/03/2022 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 2)

Procedure for dealing with complaints against Members of the Senedd

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2.1 The Committee considered the consultation responses and agreed to make amendments to the draft of the new Procedure.


Meeting: 14/03/2022 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 4)

Register of Members Interests

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4.1 The Committee considered the paper and agreed that the Table Office should publish the whole Register of Interests on a termly basis.


Meeting: 14/03/2022 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 3)

Code for Plaid Cymru Designated Members Participating in the Cooperation Agreement

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3.1 The Committee discussed the paper and took evidence from the Commissioner for Standards. The Committee agreed to write to the First Minister on the Ministerial Code.


Meeting: 14/03/2022 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 2)

Review of the Dignity and Respect policy

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2.1 The Committee took evidence from the Standards Commissioner and agreed to write back to the Chief Executive.


Meeting: 31/01/2022 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 3)

Code for Plaid Cymru Designated Members Participating in the Cooperation Agreement

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3.1 The Committee considered the paper and agreed to seek the views of the Commissioner for Standards.


Meeting: 31/01/2022 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 4)

Review of the Dignity and Respect policy

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4.1 The Committee considered the letter and agreed to invite the Commissioner for Standards to a meeting to discuss the review in more detail.


Meeting: 17/01/2022 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 5)

Review of the committee timetable and committee remits

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5.1 The Committee considered the letter and agreed to respond in due course.


Meeting: 17/01/2022 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 4)

Correspondence from the Llywydd: Code for Plaid Cymru Designated Members Participating in the Cooperation Agreement

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4.1. The Committee considered the letter and asked for further legal advice on the matter.


Meeting: 13/07/2021 - Standards of Conduct Committee (Item 3)

3 Papers to note

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