Agenda and minutes
Venue: Presiding Officer’s office, 4th floor - Tŷ Hywel. View directions
Contact: Aled Elwyn Jones
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Introductions, apologies and substitutions Minutes: Apologies were received from
Mark Reckless and David Rowlands substituted. |
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Minutes of the previous meeting Minutes: The minutes for
21 and 22 June were agreed by the Committee for publication. |
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Organisation of Business Minutes: This Week’s Business The time allocated to the debate on the
outcome of the EU Referendum was increased from 60 to 90 minutes and brought
forward to immediately after FMQs. Should the Assembly agree
changes to Standing Orders under item 6, a motion to allocate committee chairs
to political groups would be tabled and added to the agenda during the meeting.
The time allocated to the
statement on the legislative programme would be increased from 30 minutes to 45
minutes. The following items were
withdrawn: -
Statement by the Minister
for Social Services and Public Health: Launch of the Consultation on Phase 1
Implementation of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act (30
mins) -
Statement by the Cabinet
Secretary for Education: School Governing Bodies (30 mins) -
Statement by the Cabinet
Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs: Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk
Management (30 mins) -
Statement by the Cabinet
Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure: Road and Street Works Strategy (30
mins) -
Debate: Re-naming the
National Assembly a “Parliament” (60 mins) – postponed until 5 July The election of committee
chairs would take place as the last item of business. The Presiding Officer
explained how the nomination process would be conducted in Plenary. Should
there be more than one nomination for any committee, a secret ballot would take
place on Wednesday 29 June between 12-3pm in briefing room 13. An email would
be sent to Members to notify them that the secret ballot had opened. Subject to
a secret ballot being held on Wednesday, the successful candidates would be
announced before the Short Debate. On Tuesday, Voting Time
would take place before the election of committee chairs. On Wednesday Voting Time
would take place before the Short Debate. Business Managers discussed
whether or not the Presiding Officer and Deputy Presiding Officers should be
able to vote in a secret ballot to elect committee chairs and decided that as
Standing Orders are silent on this issue, there would be no reason for them not
to do so. Three week timetable of
Government Business Business Committee noted
the 3 Week Timetable of Government Business. Three week timetable of
Assembly Business A motion to agree the membership
of committees was added to the Three week timetable of Assembly Business. The
Presiding Officer informed Business Managers that they would need to notify the
Secretariat of all nominations by midday on Monday 4 July, as well as
nominations for alternate members of the Standards of Conduct Committee. Business Committee
determined the organisation of Assembly business and agreed to schedule the
following items of business: Tuesday 5 July 2016 - ·
Motions to agree membership of committees ·
Motion in accordance with Standing Order
17.2T in respect of Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister Wednesday 14 September 2016 –
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Legislation Minutes: Business Committee
considered a paper from the government regarding a Legislative Consent
Memorandum (LCM) in relation to the Policing and Crime Bill. Business Managers agreed to
refer the LCM to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee for scrutiny. The
Business Committee also agreed that the Committee should report on the LCM by
Thursday 22 September 2016 to allow the Legislative Consent Motion to be debated
in Plenary on Tuesday 27 September 2016. |
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Committees Minutes: Business Managers
considered a paper setting out proposals for a committee timetable and agreed a
temporary timetable for the remainder of this term. Business Managers agreed to
discuss timetabling options for the new term with their Party Groups and return
to the matter at next week’s meeting. The Committee agreed that
the reserve committee should prioritise scrutinising the outcome of the EU
Referendum. Business Managers discussed a query raised by David Rowlands
whether other matters could still be referred to the reserve committee should
the workload of policy and legislation committees increase. The committee
agreed that this should still be the case. Simon Thomas suggested that other
committees may also choose to scrutinise EU matters which fall within their
remits. The Presiding Officer clarified that flexibility had been built into
the Assembly Timetable to allow additional slots for the reserve committee to
meet should they choose to do so. |
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Plenary Minutes: Business Managers were
content with the proposed tabling arrangements during the summer recess period.
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Business Committee Minutes: Business Managers
considered a procedural work programme and agreed to prioritise the use of Assembly
time, procedures relating to petitions and Members’ legislation. |
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Any Other Business The Registrar of Members’
Interests reminded Business Managers that the deadline for Members who took
their oaths on Friday 6 May to register their interests is this Friday, 1 June. |