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Introductions, apologies and substitutions - Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister

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Meeting: 13/03/2026 - Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister (Item 1)

Introductions, apologies and substitutions

Minutes:

1.1  The Chair welcomed Members and witnesses to the meeting. There were no substitutions and no declarations of interest.


Meeting: 12/12/2025 - Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister (Item 1)

Introductions, apologies and substitutions

Minutes:

1.1  The Chair welcomed Members and witnesses to the meeting. Llyr Gruffydd MS sent his apologies and was substituted by Cefin Campbell MS.

Mark Isherwood MS, Cefin Campbell MS and David Rees MS declared that they have family members in the education sector. Jenny Rathbone MS declared that she is a school governor.


Meeting: 11/07/2025 - Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister (Item 1)

Introductions, apologies and substitutions

Minutes:

1.1  The Chair welcomed Members and witnesses to the meeting. Llyr Gruffydd MS sent his apologies and was substituted by Adam Price MS. There were no declaration of interest.


Meeting: 28/03/2025 - Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister (Item 1)

Introductions, apologies and substitutions

Minutes:

1.1   The Chair welcomed Members and witnesses to the meeting. Buffy Williams MS substituted for John Griffiths MS. There were no declarations of interest.

 


Meeting: 13/12/2024 - Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister (Item 1)

Introductions, apologies and substitutions

Minutes:

1.1        The Chair welcomed Members and witnesses to the meeting. The Chair also welcomed Delyth Jewell to the meeting as a guest of the Committee.

 

1.2        There were no apologies and no declarations of interest.


Meeting: 26/04/2024 - Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister (Item 1)

Introductions, apologies and substitutions

Minutes:

1.1         The Chair welcomed Members and witnesses to the meeting. Apologies were received from Russel George MS; James Evans MS substituted for him. David Rees and James Evans declared interests regarding family members working in Children’s Services.


Meeting: 08/12/2023 - Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister (Item 1)

Introductions, apologies and substitutions

Minutes:

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members and witnesses to the meeting. There were no substitutions and no declarations of interest.


Meeting: 07/07/2023 - Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister (Item 1)

Introductions, apologies and substitutions

Minutes:

1.1 The Chair, David Rees MS, welcomed Members and witnesses to the meeting. Apologies were received from Russell George MS, with Sam Rowlands MS attending as a substitute.


Meeting: 24/03/2023 - Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister (Item 1)

Introductions, apologies and substitutions

Minutes:

1.1 The Chair, David Rees MS, welcomed Members and witnesses to the meeting. Apologies were received from Llyr Gruffydd MS, with Delyth Jewell MS attending as a substitute.


Meeting: 09/12/2022 - Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister (Item 1)

Introductions, apologies and substitutions

Minutes:

1.1 The Chair, David Rees MS, welcomed Members and witnesses to the meeting. Apologies were received from Paul Davies MS and Russell George MS; Laura Jones MS and Peter Fox MS substituted for them, respectively.


Meeting: 15/07/2022 - Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister (Item 1)

Introductions, apologies and substitutions

Minutes:

The Chair, David Rees MS, welcomed Members and witnesses to the meeting. Apologies were received from Paul Davies MS and Llyr Gruffydd MS; Peredur Owen Griffiths MS substituted for Llyr. Jack Sargeant declared an interest as unpaid member of the 5G EDC board project consortium, led by Bangor University.


Meeting: 31/03/2022 - Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister (Item 1)

Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Minutes:

The Chair, David Rees MS, welcomed Members and witnesses to the meeting. Apologies were received from Paul Davies MS and Llyr Gruffydd MS; Sam Rowlands MS and Delyth Jewell MS substituted for them, respectively. Jenny Rathbone declared an interest as a shareholder of Awel Ltd.


Meeting: 16/12/2021 - Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister (Item 1)

Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Minutes:

The Chair, David Rees MS, welcomed Members and witnesses to the meeting. Apologies were received from Paul Davies MS; James Evans MS substituted for him. There were no declarations of interest.

In accordance with Standing Order 34.19, the Chair stated that the public were excluded from the Committee’s meeting in order to protect public health.