Meetings
Topical Questions
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Meeting: 14/03/2017 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)
Topical Questions
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 2
Minutes:
Business Managers considered revised proposals for
introducing Topical Questions and revising the criteria for Urgent Questions.
Business Managers agreed to the proposals in the paper
and for the Secretariat to bring forward a draft report for Business Committee
to agree and put before the Assembly. It was agreed that no time allocation for
Topical Questions would be included in Standing Orders so that Business
Managers would have flexibility to change the timing if necessary at a later
date.
Business Managers agreed to review the new procedure
in the autumn term, including the amount of time allocated and when they were
scheduled.
Meeting: 04/10/2016 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)
Topical Questions
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 5
Minutes:
Business Managers discussed options for amending
Standing Orders to introduce a new procedure for Members to ask topical
questions to the First Minister and Cabinet Secretaries in Plenary.
Jane Hutt suggested a further paper on the process for
OAQs more generally in line with the recommendation of the previous Business
Committee in its legacy report, and for a comparison with other parliaments.
Jane Hutt also requested that the paper includes a summary of the reforms made
in the previous Assembly.