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NDM8260 Motion under Standing Order 16.5 to establish a Senedd Committee
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Meeting: 16/05/2023 - Plenary (Item 3)
Motion under Standing Order 16.5 to establish a Senedd Committee
NDM8260 Lesley Griffiths
(Wrexham)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. In accordance with Standing Order 16.5:
a) Establishes a Wales Covid-19 Inquiry Special
Purpose Committee with the remit to:
i) Following the publication of the reports at each
stage of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry and in the context of the UK Covid-19
Inquiry’s terms of reference and timetable, propose to the Senedd by motion,
any gaps identified in the preparedness and response of the Welsh Government
and other Welsh public bodies during the Covid-19 pandemic that should be
subject to further examination.
ii) Subject to Senedd approval, undertake a
review into those areas identified for further examination.
iii) Publish reports and make recommendations accordingly.
b) Agrees that the Special Purpose Committee will
not revisit the conclusions of completed Senedd Committee inquiries and should
seek to avoid duplication.
c) Agrees that the Special Purpose Committee will
not be prohibited from investigating matters previously examined by Senedd
Committees where there is updated information and a clear benefit of further
scrutiny.
2. Calls on the Business Committee to ensure that
the Special Purpose Committee’s reports will be debated in Plenary no later
than two months after their publication.
3. Calls on the Business Committee, in proposing
the membership of the Special Purpose Committee, to propose no fewer than six
members, including the Chair.
Co-submitters:
Darren Millar
(Clwyd West)
Minutes:
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NDM8260 Lesley
Griffiths (Wrexham)
To
propose that the Senedd:
1. In
accordance with Standing Order 16.5:
a) Establishes
a Wales Covid-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee with the remit to:
i)
Following the publication of the reports at each stage of the UK Covid-19
Inquiry and in the context of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry’s terms of reference and
timetable, propose to the Senedd by motion, any gaps identified in the
preparedness and response of the Welsh Government and other Welsh public
bodies during the Covid-19 pandemic that should be subject to further
examination.
ii) Subject
to Senedd approval, undertake a review into those areas identified for further
examination.
iii) Publish
reports and make recommendations accordingly.
b)
Agrees that the Special Purpose Committee will not revisit the conclusions of
completed Senedd Committee inquiries and should seek to avoid duplication.
c)
Agrees that the Special Purpose Committee will not be prohibited from
investigating matters previously examined by Senedd Committees where there is
updated information and a clear benefit of further scrutiny.
2.
Calls on the Business Committee to ensure that the Special Purpose Committee’s
reports will be debated in Plenary no later than two months after their
publication.
3.
Calls on the Business Committee, in proposing the membership of the Special
Purpose Committee, to propose no fewer than six members, including the Chair.
Co-submitters:
The
motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.