Agenda and minutes

1.1    The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Standards of Conduct Committee. Adam Price MS declared an interest due to previous work with Jeniffer Nadel and Sam Fowles. There were no apologies.

Azzurra Moores, Policy Lead, Full Fact.

Rose Whiffen, Senior Research Officer, Transparency International UK.

Juliet Swann, Nations and Regions Programme Manager, Transparency International UK.

Tom Brake, Director, Unlock Democracy.

2.1    The Committee received evidence from Azzurra Moores, Full Fact; Rose Whiffen and Juliet Swann, Transparency International UK and Tom Brake, Unlock Democracy on the topic of Individual Member Accountability.

Chief Constable Amanda Blakeman.

3.1    The Committee received evidence from Chief Constable Amamda Blakeman on the topic of Individual Member Accountability.

Jennifer Nadel, Compassion in Politics.

Sam Fowles, Cornerstone Barristers.

4.1    The Committee received evidence from Jennifer Nadel, compassion in politics and  Sam Fowles, Institute of Constitutional and Democratic Research on the topic of Individual Member Accountability.

Written Submission from Criminal Bar Association

Consultation response – Reform Political Advertising

Written Submission – Hank Linderman

5.1    The Committee noted written submissions from Criminal Bar Association, Reform Political Advertising and Hank Linderman.

6.1    The motion to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting under Standing Order 17.42 was agreed.

7.1   The Committee agreed to consider the evidence from this session at the next meeting.