Agenda and minutes
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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: Tuesday ·
The Llywydd informed Business Managers
that she would welcome Delyth Jewell, the new Assembly Member for the South
Wales East Region, at the start of today’s Plenary and invite her to say a few
words. ·
Voting Time will take place after
the last item of business. Wednesday ·
The Llywydd, as the Member in
Charge, informed Business Managers that the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill
had received Minister of the Crown consent yesterday, and reminded them that
the introductory statement was scheduled for tomorrow. ·
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: 3
Week Timetable of Assembly Business Business
Committee determined the organisation of Assembly business and agreed to
schedule the following items of business: Wednesday
6 March 2019 – ·
Motion to vary the order of consideration of
Stage 3 amendments to the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Bill (5 mins) Wednesday
13 March 2019 – ·
Debate:
Stage 3 of the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Bill (150 mins)
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Legislation |
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Legislation (Wales) Bill Minutes: Business
Managers agreed to extend the Stage 1 reporting deadline to Tuesday 26 March
2019. Rhun
ap Iorwerth expressed concern that the delay was due to the Counsel General’s availability
being impacted because of his Brexit Minister responsibilities. |
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Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill Minutes: The
Deputy Presiding Officer chaired this item as the Llywydd is the Member in
charge of the Bill. Business
Managers agreed the proposed timetable for the Senedd and Elections (Wales)
Bill. Business
Managers agreed to the request from CLA for flexibility in the timings of their
meetings in order to accommodate scrutiny of the Bill. |
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Any other business - Assembly Commission Minutes: Spokespeople’s
questions The
Llywydd requested that Business Managers ensure that their Members, where
reasonably practical, inform her through the Plenary Requests mailbox when they
intend to direct their spokespeople’s questions to a Deputy Minister, and that
they continue to indicate that to the Government as well. Noise
in the Chamber Following
instances of noise in the Chamber last week, the Llywydd reminded Business
Managers that Members should not leave their devices unattended in the Chamber. Allocation
of Committee Chairs between groups Darren
Millar stated that the Welsh Conservatives would like to re-visit the previous
Business Committee offer to re-allocate the Chair of the Petitions Committee
from the UKIP Group to the Welsh Conservatives, but that the Group were not yet
in a position to make a nomination. The Llywydd
stated that the committee will need to return to the previous decisions made by
the Business Committee regarding the allocation of committee Chairs, when the
Welsh Conservatives are in a position to make a nomination. Rhun ap Iorwerth
noted that he would be happy to support such a proposal. Neil Hamilton stated
his view that, based on the current balance between parties, the UKIP Group was
entitled to one committee Chair. The Llywydd
noted that Business Managers positions had not changed from the last time the
issue was considered, except for Darren Millar who stated that his Group would
now accept the re-allocation of the Petitions Committee Chair. In response to a
query, the Llywydd confirmed that ultimately, if any motion to re-allocate
Committee Chairs were considered in Plenary
it would be open for debate. Supplementary
LCMs The
Trefnydd updated Business Managers on the latest position with regards to two
Brexit Bills. Due to Parliamentary timetables and ongoing negotiations with the
UK Government, the laying of these Supplementary LCMs has been delayed and
would result in limited time for committee scrutiny. |