Meetings
Members' Bills
This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.
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Meeting: 03/07/2019 - Chairs' Forum - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Member Bills
Meeting: 03/07/2019 - Chairs' Forum - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Member bills
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 4
Meeting: 20/03/2019 - Chairs' Forum - Fifth Senedd (Item 4.2)
Paper 4b - Letter from the Chair of Finance Committee to the First Minister
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 7
Meeting: 20/03/2019 - Chairs' Forum - Fifth Senedd (Item 4.1)
Paper 4a - Financial Implications of Member Bills
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 9
Meeting: 20/03/2019 - Chairs' Forum - Fifth Senedd (Item 4.3)
Paper 4c - Letter from the First Minister to the Chair of Finance Committee
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 11
Meeting: 20/03/2019 - Chairs' Forum - Fifth Senedd (Item 4.)
Members' Bills
Meeting: 29/11/2016 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)
Revised Guidance on Debates on Members' Legislative Proposals
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 14
Minutes:
Business Managers noted the revised draft guidance to
be issued to Members prior to the introduction of a new procedure for debating
proposed Member legislation in Plenary.
Meeting: 22/11/2016 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)
Members Bills - Procedure for Debates on Proposed Bills
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 17
Minutes:
Business Managers considered draft guidance to be
issued to Members prior to the introduction of a new procedure for debating
proposed Member legislation in Plenary.
The Committee discussed the draft and agreed changes
to be made. The Clerk agreed to circulate a revised draft by email for
agreement.
Meeting: 15/11/2016 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)
Members Bills - Procedure for Debates on Proposed Bills
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 20
Minutes:
Business Managers considered a paper
outlining how debates on No Named Day Motions could work in practice as a
procedure for proposing Member legislation, using existing Standing Order
provisions.
The Committee agreed in
principle and asked the Secretariat to draft more detailed guidance for
Business Managers to consider at a future meeting.
Meeting: 01/11/2016 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)
Members Bills - Procedure for Debates on Proposed Bills
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 23
Minutes:
The Committee considered a
paper setting out options for debates on No Named Day motions by Members
including proposals for legislation, and the possible format this would take
using existing Standing Order provisions.
Business Managers agreed to
return to the matter in two weeks’ time following consultation with party
groups.
Meeting: 01/11/2016 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)
Member Bills - Revision of Standing Orders
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 26
Minutes:
Business Managers
considered a paper setting out proposals for changing the current procedure for
introducing Member Bills with possible subsequent changes to Standing Orders.
The Committee agreed to the
proposed changes to Standing Orders subject to some amendments and for the
Secretariat to bring forward a draft report for consideration at next week’s
meeting.
Meeting: 18/10/2016 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)
Member Bills
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 29
- Restricted enclosure 30
Minutes:
Following consultation with
Party Groups, Business Managers considered a paper setting out proposals for
changing the current procedure for introducing Member Bills with possible
subsequent changes to Standing Orders.
Business Managers agreed
that Standing Orders should be amended to accommodate a revised Member Bill
process. Those changes would include keeping the current process of providing
pre-ballot information but providing less information overall (including the
need for consultation), and increasing the time a Member has to introduce a
Bill from 9 to 13 months. The Committee also agreed to look at the possibility
of requiring some information on costs and savings at the leave to proceed
stage.
The Committee requested a
further paper on proposed Orders under Section 116C and for further information
on the format of debates on No Named Day motions noting a proposal for
legislation.
Meeting: 04/10/2016 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)
Summary Paper on Members' Bills
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 33
Minutes:
Business Managers noted a
summary paper on proposed changes to procedures around Member Bills to inform
Business Managers’ discussion with party groups, before returning to the matter
in two weeks’ time.
Meeting: 27/09/2016 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)
Members' Bills
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 36
Minutes:
Following Business
Managers’ decision early last term to review the process for Member Bills based
on recommendations by the fourth Assembly’s Constitutional and Legislative
Affairs Committee, the Committee discussed proposals for changing the current
procedure.
Business Managers requested
a further summary paper from the Secretariat on possible options. The Committee
were invited to consult with their groups and to return to the matter in three
weeks’ time.