Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

Introductions, apologies and substitutions

2.

Minutes of the previous meeting

Minutes:

The minutes were revised and agreed by the Committee for publication.

3.

Organisation of Business - Business Committee

Minutes:

This Week’s Business

Tuesday

  • The Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs will be making a statement on Building on our Recycling Success for a Circular Economy (30 mins)

 

  • The Minister for Skills and Science will be making a statement on Apprenticeships in Wales (30 mins)

 

  • The Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children will be making a statement on Volunteering Week (30 mins)

 

  • The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government will be making a statement on the report of the Working Group on the Welsh Language and Local Government (30 mins)

 

  • Voting Time will take place after the last item of business.

 

  • Plenary is unlikely to run past 5.45pm.

 

Wednesday

  • Motion to Elect Members to a Committee (5 mins)

  • The Presiding Officer informed Business Managers that she intends to allocate 3 minutes as opposed to the usual 5 minutes to Members wishing to speak on the Individual Member Debate and requested an early indication from groups of who would like to speak.

 

  • The Welsh Conservative Debate will be moved to before the Plaid Cymru Debate.

 

  • Voting Time will take place before the Short Debate.

  • Plenary is unlikely to run past 6.40pm.

 

Organisation of Business

  • Business Managers agreed to defer the scheduling of Assembly Business for Wednesday 6 July until next week’s meeting.

 

  • Business Committee determined the organisation of Assembly business and agreed to schedule the following items of business:

 

Wednesday 22 June 2016 –

Motion proposing the titles and remits of committees (5 mins)

4.

Committees

Minutes:

Business Managers agreed to table a motion to appoint members and chair of the interim Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee for the agreement of the Assembly on 15 June and agreed that David Melding (Conservatives) should be proposed as chair of the committee.

5.

Budget Timetable

Minutes:

The Committee noted a letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government informing Business Managers of his intention to table the first Supplementary Budget Motion on 21 June and to move the motion on 12 July, allowing three weeks for scrutiny by an Assembly Committee. Business Managers agreed to table a motion on the titles and remits of committees on 22 June so that a committee can be established to consider the Supplementary Budget. 

Any Other Business

The Presiding Officer encouraged officials to future-proof the scheduling of business to accommodate decisions the Business Committee are likely to be making in up-coming meetings, to avoid any unnecessary delays.

 

Simon Thomas asked Jane Hutt about the Government’s intention to table an LCM on the Wales Bill. Jane Hutt informed Business Managers that she would update the Committee at next week’s meeting.