, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 4
Welcome to this public session of the Senedd's Standards of Conduct Committee. We are continuing with our inquiry into individual Member accountability, and this is our fourth evidence session. We are very pleased to welcome Professor Jonathan Tonge from the…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The First Minister
In 29 days, the people of Wales and the UK will get to vote in a general election—arguably, the most important general election since 1997, a chance to rid this country of a disastrous Tory Government. It's a Government that has been responsible for a decline…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Cabinet Secretary, the diagnostic and treatment hub at Llantrisant, developed by Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, working together with Aneurin Bevan and Cardiff and Vale health boards, launched the first of its services in April this year, and has…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education: Consultation on the School Year
Cabinet Secretary, I'd like to thank you for having the courage to resist political pressure and to really listen to the responses to the Welsh Government's consultation on the school year. Speaking as a former teacher and being mindful of the scale of the…
, Plenary
Debate: The Infected Blood Inquiry Report
Like other speakers before me, I would like to read the testimony of two of my constituents whose lives have been irrevocably changed by the contaminated blood scandal. And I think it speaks volumes, as to the stigma still attached to this, that both of my…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Therefore, I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting. Are Members content to agree the motion? Yes. In which case, we will now continue in private.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 2
Thank you very much. Thank you for your contributions, commissioner, and a copy of the transcript will be provided to you as soon as possible so that it can be checked for factual accuracy. I know that you will also be staying for our next, private item, as…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 2
Thank you. Can I just check if Members have any further questions for the commissioner? No. Commissioner, is there anything else that you would like to add to the evidence that you've provided for us already this morning?
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 2
Thank you, Douglas. I’ll bring Pred in now with a supplementary question here.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 2
Thank you very much, Pred. I'll bring in Mark Drakeford now. I know Mark wants to ask you some questions around the result of a petition. Mark.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 2
Thank you, Natasha. I'll bring in Peredur Owen Griffiths now, who has a series of questions for you on the running of a petition.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 2
Thank you. I'll bring Natasha in now with a supplementary question.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 2
Thank you. And then a final question on this from me, just around whether this should be a matter simply for the commissioner and the committee, or after that should we introduce perhaps the element of a whole-Senedd vote, as we currently do with standards…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 2
Thank you; I appreciate that. Do you feel that there should be an opportunity for a Member to appeal any decision to begin a petition?
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 2
Thank you. Looking at other examples in which we might wish to consider the use of a recall petition, you will be aware that here in the Senedd, as in other parliaments, we've had examples of Members leaving a political party to which they were elected during…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 2
Thank you very much. If I may, I'll start off with some questions around the process of triggering any recall petition. There aren't many examples that we can look to around the world for recall in other parliaments, but, of course, our nearest neighbour…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 2
Good morning and welcome back to this meeting of the Standards of Conduct Committee. We're moving on to our second evidence session now in our inquiry into individual Member accountability, and I'm very pleased to welcome this morning Douglas Bain, who is the…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 1
Thank you very much, Joe, for kicking off this really important line of work that we are undertaking. It has been a real pleasure to tussle through these issues with you, and I'm sure that as a committee we'll keep in touch as our work on this matter…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 1
Thank you, Mark. It's very interesting territory, isn't it? The clock is beating us, but if I can bring in Pred now for one final question.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 1
Thank you, Pred. I'll bring in Mark Drakeford now, who I know has a series of questions around the result of a petition.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 1
Okay, thanks very much. I'll bring Pred in now, who I know has got a series of questions for you around running a petition.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 1
Thanks, Natasha. One final question on this particular topic area, Joe: do you feel that there is a role for the whole Senedd within this process at all? For example, should triggering a petition be subject to a vote in the Senedd and, if so, would a simple…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 1
Right. Thanks. I'll bring Natasha in now, then.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 1
Great. Thanks, Joe. I'm conscious of time, so if I can just ask two quick-fire questions around this section before I move on to the questions that Pred has for you. Firstly, do you think that there should be an opportunity for a Member to appeal any decision…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence session 1
Okay, thanks, Joe. I'll bring Mark Drakeford in now. Mark.
