Agenda - Committee on Assembly Electoral Reform

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Monday, 3 February 2020

Meeting time: 10.15
For further information contact:

Helen Finlayson

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddReform@assembly.wales

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Private pre-meeting

(10.15–10.30)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(10.30)

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2 Electing a more diverse Assembly – evidence session on job-sharing

(10.30–12.00) (Pages 1 - 40)

Professor Sarah Childs, Birkbeck, University of London

Councillor Mary Sherwood, City and County of Swansea Council

Dr bob Watt

Attached documents:
CAER(5)-4-20 Paper 1 – Research brief
CAER(5)-4-20 Paper 2 – Written submission from Cllr Mary Sherwood (originally submitted to the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee as part of its inquiry into diversity in local government)

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3Papers to note

(12.00)

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3.1 Written evidence from the Wales Environment Link on the capacity of the Assembly – January 2020

(Pages 41 - 43)

Attached documents:
CAER(5)-4-20 Paper to note 1

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3.2 Letters from committee Chairs on the Assembly’s capacity:

Paper to note	Committee	Pages
Paper to note 2	Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee	44
Paper to note 3	Petitions Committee	45-46
Paper to note 4	Finance Committee	47-48
Paper to note 5	Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee	49-54
Paper to note 6	External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee	55-58
Paper to note 7	Standards of Conduct Committee	59-60
Paper to note 8	Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee	61
Paper to note 9	Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee	62-63
Paper to note 10	Health, Social Care and Sport Committee	64-65
Paper to note 11	Children, Young People and Education Committee	66-68
Paper to note 12	Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee	69

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3.3 Letter from the Llywydd with additional information following the meeting on 2 December 2019 – 27 January 2020

(Pages 70 - 98)

Attached documents:
CAER(5)-4-20 Paper to note 13

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4 Motion under Standing Orders 17.42(vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting, and from the meetings on 24 February and 2 March

(12.00)

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5 Electing a more diverse Assembly – consideration of the oral evidence on job-sharing

(12.00–12.15)

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6 Electoral systems and boundaries – approach to inquiry

(12.15–12.25) (Pages 99 - 105)

Attached documents:
CAER(5)-4-20 Paper 3 – Proposed schedule of witnesses
CAER(5)-4-20 Paper 4 – Committee visit

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7 Forward work programme

(12.25–12.35) (Pages 106 - 112)

Attached documents:
CAER(5)-4-20 Paper 5 – Forward work programme

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