Concise Minutes - Standards of Conduct Committee

Meeting Venue:

 Committee Room 2 and Zoom

Meeting date: Tuesday, 1 April 2025

Meeting time: 09.31 - 10.39
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/14892

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	Hannah Blythyn MS (Chair) Samuel Kurtz MS Peredur Owen Griffiths MS
Witnesses:	Douglas Bain, Commissioner for Standards
Committee Staff:	Meriel Singleton (Clerk) Cerian Jones (Second Clerk) Bethan Garwood (Deputy Clerk) Samiwel Davies (Legal Adviser)

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1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1    The chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Standards of Conduct Committee. There were no declarations of interest. Mick Antoniw sent his apologies.

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2 Inquiry into dignity and respect: Evidence session 1

2.1  The Committee received evidence relating to Dignity and Respect from Douglas Bain, Commissioner for Standards.

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3 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting

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

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4 Inquiry into dignity and respect: Evidence session 1

4.1   The Committee received evidence relating to Dignity and Respect from Douglas Bain, Commissioner for Standards.

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5 Individual Member Accountability: Deliberate deception - Welsh Government response

5.1   The committee discussed the Welsh Government response to the Individual Member accountability: Deliberate Deception report.

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6 Consider a report from the Commissioner for Standards in accordance with Standing Order 22.2(i)

6.1   The Committee agreed the report.

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