NDM7654 Motion to appoint the Senedd Commissioner for Standards

NDM7654 Jayne Bryant (Newport West)

To propose that the Senedd: 

 1. Notes the report of the Standards of Conduct Committee: Appointment of Commissioner for Standards laid in the Table Office on 10 March 2021 (“the report”).  

2. Acting under section 1(2) of the National Assembly for Wales Commissioner for Standards Measure 2009, appoints Douglas Bain CBE TD as Senedd Commissioner for Standards under that Measure, for a term of six years starting on 1 April 2021. 

3. Acting under paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Schedule to the National Assembly for Wales Commissioner for Standards Measure 2009: 

a) agrees the remuneration package of the Commissioner, in accordance with paragraph 1(b) of the Schedule to that Measure, as set out in Annex A of the report; 

b) delegates, in accordance with paragraph 2 of the Schedule to that Measure, the making of decisions in relation to the annual adjustment of the Commissioner’s remuneration package to the Clerk of the Senedd; and

c) delegates, in accordance with paragraph 2 of the Schedule to that Measure, the settling all other terms on which such appointment is to have effect to the Clerk of the Senedd. 

National Assembly for Wales Commissioner for Standards Measure 2009

Standards of Conduct Committee: Appointment of the Commissioner for Standards