Member Accountability Bill Committee

Good morning. Can I welcome Members and the public to this morning's meeting of the Member Accountability Bill Committee? Before we go on, there is some housekeeping. I remind Members that we are being broadcast live on Senedd.tv, and a transcript of proceedings will be published in the usual way. The Senedd does operate bilingually, and headsets are available for simultaneous translation from Welsh to English on channel 1, or for amplification, if you require it, on channel 2.

There is no fire alarm scheduled from now on; it's already happened this morning. So, if an alarm sounds, please follow the directions of the ushers to the safe location. We have received apologies from Buffy Williams. There is no substitute from the Labour group for her. Does any Member wish to make a declaration at this point in time? No. Okay.

With that in mind, we will now go on to the papers to note, which are the letter from the Independent Remuneration Board of the Senedd dated 16 December, which relates to the observations in relation to the potential implications of the proposal of the Bill, particularly related to the payment to Members of pension payments. And the letter is copied to the Standards of Conduct Committee also. Are Members happy to note that?