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Chair's introduction

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Meeting: 08/12/2022 - Remuneration Board (2020 - 2025) (Item 1)

Chair's introduction (09:00 - 09:15)

·       Oral update – various meetings

·       Paper 1 - Minutes from 13 October meeting

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

-       The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting. No apologies had been received.

-       The Chair provided the Board with a brief update on her recent meetings with Richard Lloyd, Chair of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.

-       The Board discussed three Exceptional Expenses claims submitted by Members. Two were decided on in the meeting with further information to be sought from the Member in respect of the third claim.

-       The Board reflected on their meetings the previous day with Representative Groups on behalf of Members and Support Staff, and meetings with various individual Members. The Board noted such meetings had been very useful in informing Board discussions.

-       The Board noted that a Member had requested to meet with the Board during the drop in session held the previous day, but that the Members had been called to speak in Plenary at the last minute. The Board agreed to arrange a virtual meeting with the Member at a mutually convenient time.

-       The minutes of the 13 October meeting were agreed.


Meeting: 13/10/2022 - Remuneration Board (2020 - 2025) (Item 1)

Chair's introduction (9.00 - 9.05)

Paper 1 - Minutes from 7 July

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

·         The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting. No apologies had been received.

·         David Lakin, Committee Support Officer, was not in attendance due to a family bereavement and the Board conveyed their best wishes to David.

·         The Board congratulated Joanna Adams on her recent promotion and thanked her for her valued work in supporting the Board.

·         The Board welcomed Martha Da Gama Howells and Angharad Coupar to the Clerking Team.

·         The Board discussed an Exceptional Expenses claim received from a Member and decided to approve the claim subject to consultation with the Commission’s Accounting Officer, as is required by the Determination.

·         The Board reflected on their visits to political group offices conducted the previous day and agreed it had provided a useful insight into how the groups operate and use the funding provided to them by the Determination to support Members’ parliamentary duties.

·         Reflecting on ongoing issues for the Board it was agreed that an update on Members’ tax liabilities would be sought and discussed at the Board’s meeting in December.

·         The minutes of the 7 July meeting were agreed.

Action:

·         The Secretariat to write to Chief Executive to consult on the Exceptional Expenses claim.

·         Include tax liability on the agenda for the December meeting.

·         Publish minutes of the 7 July meeting


Meeting: 25/11/2021 - Remuneration Board (2020 - 2025) (Item 1)

Chair's introduction (9.00 - 9.05)

Supporting documents:

  • Restricted enclosure 8

Minutes:

1.   The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.

2.   The Chair provided the Board with a brief update on her recent meeting with Richard Lloyd, Chair of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.

3.   The Board agreed the minutes of the 30 September 2021 meeting.