Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 3 - Senedd. View directions

Contact: Bethan Davies 

Media

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Transcript: Transcript for 27/03/2019 - Finance Committee - Fifth Senedd

Items
Expected timing No. Item

09:00

1.

Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Minutes:

1.1        The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2        Apologies were received from Mike Hedges AM and Neil Hamilton AM.

09:00

2.

Paper(s) to note

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1 The Committee noted their disappointment with regards to correspondence from the Secretary of State for Wales on the Implementation of the Wales Act 2014.

2.2 The papers were noted.

2.1

PTN1 - Letter from the Chair of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Inter-Institutional relations between the Assembly and the Welsh Government

Supporting documents:

2.2

PTN2 - Letter from the Secretary of State for Wales - Implementation of the Wales Act 2014

Supporting documents:

09:00-10:00

3.

Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill scrutiny session: Electoral Commission

  • Elan Closs Stephens, Electoral Commissioner, Wales
  • Kieran Rix, UK Director of Finance and Corporate Services
  • Rhydian Thomas, Head of Electoral Commission, Wales

 

FIN(5)-09-19 Paper 1: Electoral Commission paper on the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 The Committee took evidence from the Electoral Commissioner for Wales, Elen Closs Stephens; Kieran Rix, UK Director of Finance and Corporate Services; and Rhydian Thomas, Head of Electoral Commission, Wales.

 

3.2 The Electoral Commission agreed to provide the Committee with updated costings related to the electoral registration reform process.

10:00-10:05

4.

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting and the first item of the 4 April meeting.

Minutes:

4.1 The motion was agreed.

10:05-10:20

5.

Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.