Agenda and minutes

1.1 The Chair welcomed Dr Huw Pritchard, Dr Diana Stribu and Naomi White to the meeting. The Chair reminded the Board that all three were representing the Wales Governance Centre which was successfully awarded the tender to conduct the review on behalf of the Board.

1.2 The Chair invited the delegation to update the Board on the work they had undertaken to date and outline its next steps on the review into identifying barriers to and incentives for standing for election to the National Assembly for Wales.

2.1 The Board considered the draft Remuneration Board Annual Report 2016-17 and, subject to minor amendments, agreed to publish the report.

Action point:

The secretariat to amend the draft report and prepare the report for publication.

3.1 The Board considered the paper outlining how it could structure its review into the career structure and terms and conditions of Assembly Member Support Staff. The Board agreed to use a range of evidence to inform the review, including the results of its recent survey.

3.2 The Board agreed to return to the issue at its October meeting.

Action points:

The secretariat to prepare a revised scoping paper for the Board’s consideration at its October meeting.

4.1 The Board noted the:

·         correspondence by the Llywydd regarding the Commission’s intention to introduce legislation to change the name of the Assembly and the consequential change to the Board’s name (Paper to note 1);

·         Digital Taskforce’s ‘Creating a Digital Dialogue’ report to aid the Board’s discussion on its future engagement strategy (Paper to note 2);

·         Commission on Parliamentary Reform ‘Report on the Scottish Parliament’, in particular the recommendations regarding the remuneration of Members (Paper to note 3).