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Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee |
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Committee Room 2 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Wednesday, 21 March 2012 |
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Meeting time: |
09:30 - 10:45 |
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Concise Minutes: |
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Assembly Members: |
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Ann Jones (Chair) Janet Finch-Saunders Mike Hedges Mark Isherwood Bethan Jenkins Gwyn R Price Ken Skates Joyce Watson Alun Ffred Jones (In place of Rhodri Glyn Thomas) Eluned Parrott (In place of Peter Black) |
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Witnesses: |
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Rhodri Glyn Thomas, Commissioner, Commissioner with responsibility for the Welsh Language Non Gwilym, Legal Advisor, Assembly Commission Gwyn Griffiths, Legal Advisor, Assembly Commission |
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Committee Staff: |
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P Gareth Williams (Clerk) Leanne Hatcher (Deputy Clerk) Joanest Jackson (Legal Advisor) Owain Roberts (Researcher) |
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1. Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1.1. The Chair welcomed Members, witnesses and members of the public to the meeting.
1.1.2. Apologies for absence were received from Rhodri Glyn Thomas and Peter Black for item 2, given their roles on the Assembly Commission. However, Rhodri Glyn Thomas attended as a witness to give evidence to the Committee in his capacity as the Assembly Commissioner and the Member in Charge of the Bill.
1.1.3. The Chair welcomed Alun Ffred Jones and Eluned Parrott to the meeting, who were substituting for them respectively, in accordance with Standing Order 17.48.
1.1.4. The Chair welcomed Peter Black and Rhodri Glyn Thomas who attended for items 3, 4 and 5.
2. National Assembly for Wales (Official Languages) Bill: Stage 1 Evidence Session - Commissioner with responsibility for the Welsh Language
2.1 The Committee received evidence from Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM, Commissioner with responsibility for the Welsh Language.
2.2 The Commissioner agreed to provide additional information to the Committee.
3. Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:
3.1 The Committee agreed to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for items 4 and 5.
4. Consideration of Draft Report - Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Financial Services Bill
4.1 The Committee agreed the report and noted that it would be laid before the Assembly
5. Consideration of Draft Report - Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Bill
5.1 The Committee agreed the draft report.
Transcript
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