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Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform - Fifth Senedd - Monday, 2 December 2019 10.00

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Transcript: Transcript for 02/12/2019 - Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform - Fifth Senedd

Items
Expected timing	No.	Item
(10.15-10.20)	1.	Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest View the background to item 1. Minutes: 1.1 Apologies were received from Delyth Jewell AM; Dai Lloyd AM substituted.
(10.20-11.50)	2.	Oral evidence session with the Llywydd and Assembly Commission View the background to item 2. Elin Jones AM, Llywydd Manon Antoniazzi, Chief Executive and Clerk of the Assembly Anna Daniel, Head of Strategic Transformation, Assembly Commission Matthew Richards, Head of Legal Services, Assembly Commission Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 4 View the reasons why document 2./1 is restricted CAER(5)-6-19 Paper 2 - Bilingual Glossary , item 2. PDF 43 KB View as HTML (2./2) 93 KB Minutes: 2.1 The Committee heard evidence from the panel. 2.2 The Llywydd agreed to provide additional information to the Committee.
	2.1	Oral evidence session on the diversity of the Assembly - evidence session with the Llywydd and Assembly Commission View the background to item 2.1
	2.2	Oral evidence session on the capacity of the Assembly - evidence session with the Llywydd and Assembly Commission View the background to item 2.2
(11.50-11.55)	3.	Motion under Standing Orders 17.42(vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting. View the background to item 3. Minutes: 3.1 The motion was agreed.
(11.55-12.10)	4.	Oral evidence session with the Llywydd and Assembly Commission - consideration of the evidence View the background to item 4. Minutes: 4.1 The Committee discussed the evidence received. 4.2 Members agreed to ask the Llywydd to provide the Committee with the following additional information: · Measures by which the capacity of the Assembly could be increased without increasing the size of the Assembly. · Examples of devolved legislatures which have arrangements for working collaboratively with other tiers of governance as part of their formal parliamentary business. · Analysis of the Assembly’s sitting times and number of sitting weeks, and any implications for the Assembly’s capacity and the exercise of Members’ other roles and responsibilities. · Updated estimated costs of any increase in the number of Assembly Members. · Information about how measures to encourage diversity might be framed so as to fall within the Assembly’s legislative competence. · Views on the extent to which the current devolution framework enable the collection of Assembly election candidate data, and any actions the Assembly Commission or others could take without the need for further legislation.
	4.1	Oral evidence session on the diversity of the Assembly - consideration of the evidence View the background to item 4.1
	4.2	Oral evidence session on the capacity of the Assembly - consideration of the evidence View the background to item 4.2
(12.10-12.30)	5.	Forward work programme View the reasons why item 5. is restricted View the background to item 5. Minutes: 5.1 The Committee considered and agreed its forward work programme.
(12.30-12.40)	6.	Public engagement strategy View the reasons why item 6. is restricted View the background to item 6. Minutes: 6.1 The Committee agreed its public engagement strategy.

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