Minutes
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Introductions, apologies and substitutions Minutes: All
committee members were present for the initial meeting at 8.30am. When Business
Committee reconvened at 1pm, Rhun ap Iorwerth and Neil Hamilton sent their
apologies. Dai Lloyd was present as a substitute for Rhun ap Iorwerth. |
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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: Tuesday ·
There
will be no Voting Time. Wednesday ·
Voting
Time will 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 7
November 2018 – ·
Equalities and Brexit - Joint findings by the
Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee and the External Affairs
and Additional Legislation Committee (60 mins)
Wednesday 14
November 2018 – ·
Debate on the Finance Committee report on its
inquiry into preparations for replacing EU funding for Wales (60 mins) ·
Time allocated to Plaid Cymru (60 mins)
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Committees |
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The allocation of committee places and chairs between groups Minutes: Business
Managers discussed the allocation of committee chairs, including a possible
proposal to reallocate the Petitions Committee to the Welsh Conservatives
alongside a change in the order in which Leaders and Spokespeople are called
during questions so that they were always called in order of group size. Neil
Hamilton opposed the proposal on the grounds that he considered that a fair
reflection of group size would leave UKIP with one committee chair. The
Llywydd stated that as the order of questions is a matter for her, she needed
time to consider the proposal and so asked Business Committee to re-convene at
1pm. Darren
Millar and Rhun ap Iorwerth will discuss outside of committee how the vacancy
on CCERA should be filled. Business
Managers agreed that the specific Standing Orders engaged by this matter should
be reviewed by the end of this Assembly term. |
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Business Committee reconvened at 1pm to discuss the allocation of committee chairs and the order opposition questions Business
Committee re-convened at 1pm. The Llywydd stated that she needed more time to
consider all the implications of the proposal made and will defer all decisions
relating to the allocation of committee chairs until next week’s meeting. She
encouraged the committee to continue discussion with a view to arriving at a
proposal that could achieve greater consensus than the proposal agreed on by a
majority this morning. While acknowledging that the order of calling of Leaders
and Spokespeople is a matter for the discretion of the Presiding Officer, the
Llywydd stated that she would be guided by the majority view of the Business
Committee in terms of the order in which she calls people during FMQs and Ministerial
questions. |