12 February 2026 , Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 2: Trigger event B: recall guidance (Amendments 40, 18, 3, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 19, 20)
Okay. We'll move on to consider the amendments next. Just to remind Members, if amendment 40 is agreed, amendment 18 falls. The question is that amendment 40 be agreed. Does any Member object? There is no objection. Therefore, amendment 40 is agreed in…
12 February 2026 , Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 2: Trigger event B: recall guidance (Amendments 40, 18, 3, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 19, 20)
I now ask Joyce to respond, please.
12 February 2026 , Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 2: Trigger event B: recall guidance (Amendments 40, 18, 3, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 19, 20)
I call on the Counsel General.
12 February 2026 , Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 2: Trigger event B: recall guidance (Amendments 40, 18, 3, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 19, 20)
I call on Sioned Williams to speak to her amendment.
12 February 2026 , Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 2: Trigger event B: recall guidance (Amendments 40, 18, 3, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 19, 20)
I call on Sam Rowlands to speak to his amendments in the group.
12 February 2026 , Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 2: Trigger event B: recall guidance (Amendments 40, 18, 3, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 19, 20)
Group 2 is next and it's in relation to trigger event B and recall guidance. Amendment 40 is the lead amendment in this group, and it was submitted in the name of Lesley Griffiths. And, in this case, I'll be asking Joyce Watson to move and speak to the lead…
12 February 2026 , Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 1: Trigger event A: courts to notify the Presiding Officer (Amendments 16, 17)
The question is that amendment 17 be agreed. Does any Member object? [Objection.] I have an objection. Therefore, we will now proceed to a vote on amendment 17. Those in favour, please raise your hands. Thank you. Those against, please raise your hands. Thank…
12 February 2026 , Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 1: Trigger event A: courts to notify the Presiding Officer (Amendments 16, 17)
Sam, do you wish to move amendment 17?
12 February 2026 , Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 1: Trigger event A: courts to notify the Presiding Officer (Amendments 16, 17)
Thank you. The question, therefore, is that amendment 16 be agreed. Does any Member object? [Objection.] I have an objection. Therefore, we will now proceed to a vote on amendment 16. Those in favour, please raise your hands. Thank you. Those against, please…
12 February 2026 , Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 1: Trigger event A: courts to notify the Presiding Officer (Amendments 16, 17)
Sam to reply.
12 February 2026 , Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 1: Trigger event A: courts to notify the Presiding Officer (Amendments 16, 17)
I call on the Counsel General.
12 February 2026 , Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 1: Trigger event A: courts to notify the Presiding Officer (Amendments 16, 17)
Now, let's go on to the amendments that we need to go through. Group 1 amendments are in relation to trigger event A and the courts' notification of the Presiding Officer. The lead amendment in this group is amendment 16. I call on Sam Rowlands to move…
12 February 2026 , Member Accountability Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill - Stage 2 proceedings
Thank you for that. And before we start, I hope everyone's got a copy of the Bill available, the marshalled list of amendments, the grouping of the amendments, so that everyone is aware of the order in which we will proceed today. You will note that the…
12 February 2026 , Member Accountability Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill - Stage 2 proceedings
Then we move on to our substantial business today, which is the Stage 2 proceedings. And can I welcome Adam Price, who has joined the committee today, who has submitted amendments? And I've invited Adam to come along to speak to those amendments. Hannah…
12 February 2026 , Member Accountability Bill Committee
Papers to note
Okay, then we move on to item 2 on our agenda, which are some papers to note. Let's do the papers that I've got. The first one is correspondence with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery in relation to our Member accountability and elections Bill…
20 January 2026 , Member Accountability Bill Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting
Then, item 3, under Standing Order 17.42, is that we wish to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting. Are Members content to do so? I see that they are. Therefore, we will now move into private session for the remainder of the meeting today.
20 January 2026 , Member Accountability Bill Committee
Papers to note
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…
20 January 2026 , Member Accountability Bill Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
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…
13 January 2026 , Plenary
& 10. The general principles of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill
I understand what you just said about the conduct Order, but those offences were actually in an Act within Parliament, in primary legislation. So, whilst the conduct Order might introduce them for the first time here, they are primary legislation within…
13 January 2026 , Plenary
& 10. The general principles of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill
Thank you for giving way. I don't think it's a question of the Senedd lying in this situation. I think it's important that—and my point is this—the Senedd gets the law right, and that it's good law. That's important, and if we rush this and don't get it…
13 January 2026 , Plenary
& 10. The general principles of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill
I fully appreciate what you're saying, and it's not the principal point here, and you've already highlighted the importance of having it on the face of the Bill, and the evidence we received was very much that it must be primary legislation. This will not be…
13 January 2026 , Plenary
& 10. The general principles of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill
Diolch, Llywydd. Before I focus on the committee's report following our scrutiny of the Bill, on behalf of committee members I want to place on record our huge thanks to the committee team for their hard work in supporting our work, particularly within the…
23 January 2025 , Reform Bill Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and the start of the next meeting on 5 February 2025
We'll move directly on to the next item on the agenda, which is a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and the start of the meeting on 5 February. Are Members content to do so? I see everyone is…
23 January 2025 , Reform Bill Committee
Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Bore da. Welcome to this morning's meeting of the reconstituted Reform Bill Committee. I'll just remind Members that the meeting is bilingual. If you require simultaneous translation, that's available via the headsets on channel 1. Amplification is available…
23 October 2024 , Future Senedd Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting, and from the meeting on 14 November 2024
Having said all that, we can now invite Members to go into private session for the remainder of today's meeting, but also for the meeting on 14 November we have scheduled, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42. Does any Member object? Then we move into…
