Agenda and minutes
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Contact: Aled Elwyn Jones
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Introductions, apologies and substitutions |
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Minutes of the previous meeting Minutes: The minutes for the meeting were agreed by the
Committee for publication. |
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Organisation of Business |
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This Week's Business Minutes: The statement by the
Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure on the National Infrastructure
Commission for Wales was postponed until 18 October. The Cabinet Secretary for
Economy and Infrastructure will be making a statement on the M4 Corridor around
Newport Project on Tuesday. Plaid Cymru will use their allocated time to hold two 30
minute debates on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Voting Time would be after the final item
of business. On Wednesday, Business Committee agreed that Voting Time would
take place before the Short Debate. |
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Three Week Timetable of Government Business Minutes: Business Committee noted the 3 Week Timetable of
Government Business. |
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Three week timetable of Assembly Business Minutes: Business Committee
determined the organisation of Assembly business and agreed to schedule the
following items of business: Wednesday 19 October 2016 –
Wednesday 2 November 2016 –
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The Assembly Timetable |
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Recess Dates Minutes: Business Managers agreed
provisional dates for Easter, Whitsun and Summer 2017 recess. |
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Use of Plenary Time |
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Members' Statements Minutes: Business Managers discussed a paper on introducing a
new procedure for Members to make short statements in Plenary and agreed to
introduce this procedure after October half term. In the meantime, Business
Managers requested that guidance be made available for Members setting out the
new procedure. |
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Topical Questions Minutes: Business Managers discussed options for amending
Standing Orders to introduce a new procedure for Members to ask topical
questions to the First Minister and Cabinet Secretaries in Plenary. Jane Hutt suggested a further paper on the process for
OAQs more generally in line with the recommendation of the previous Business
Committee in its legacy report, and for a comparison with other parliaments.
Jane Hutt also requested that the paper includes a summary of the reforms made
in the previous Assembly. |
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Papers to note |
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Summary Paper on Members' Bills Minutes: Business Managers noted a
summary paper on proposed changes to procedures around Member Bills to inform
Business Managers’ discussion with party groups, before returning to the matter
in two weeks’ time. |
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Matters Arising Following up a request from
the Llywydd at last week’s meeting, Jane Hutt told the Committee that the
Government would be laying an LCM for the Wales Bill keeping in mind adequate
time for committee scrutiny, but were waiting for agreement on the fiscal
framework and other matters before doing so. She agreed to keep Business
Committee informed of developments. |
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Any Other Business Jane Hutt informed Business
Committee that the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs needed
to move her OAQs from 16 November to 23 November as she would be attending the
UN Climate Change Conference. The usual
rotation would then resume. |