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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, 1 May 2013 |
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Meeting time: |
09:00 - 11:02 |
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This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at: |
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Concise Minutes: |
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Assembly Members: |
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Peter Black Janet Finch-Saunders Mike Hedges Mark Isherwood Gwyn R Price Ken Skates Rhodri Glyn Thomas Lindsay Whittle Christine Chapman (Chair) Jenny Rathbone |
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Witnesses: |
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Reg Kilpatrick, Director, Welsh Government Owain Lloyd, Welsh Government Lesley Griffiths, Minister for Local Government and Government Business |
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Committee Staff: |
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Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk) Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk) |
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Transcript
View the meeting transcript.
1. Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1 There were no apologies.
2. Ministerial Scrutiny Session - Minister for Local Government and Government Business
2.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Minister for Local Government and Government Business. The Minister agreed to provide a note on the following:
The use of reserve funding within local authorities;
Update in the autumn on the additional funding allocated to local authorities to assist in the promotion of local democracy and public engagement;
The commencement in the Local Government Measure of the section relating to remote attendance;
The availability of a gender audit within the salary information that local authorities are required to provide;
The timetable for introducing new regulations for the council tax reduction schemes;
The possibility of centrally recording Councillors declaration of interests as part of local authorities Code of Conduct;
Update on the submission to the Silk Commission requesting that all matters regarding local government elections to be devolved and specifically with the exception of registration and franchise;
The possible issues surrounding the structure of voting systems in local government if local governments were re-organised and election powers were not devolved.
When available the evaluation report of the last round of outcome agreements;
The funding of SARC’s and IDVA’s and in-particular how this will be sustained;
When available the report from the Anti-Human Trafficking Co-ordinator;
Update on the issues raised at the Ministers forthcoming meeting with the Probation Service;
What work has been done regarding the issue of stalking and how the Government has engaged with the UK government’s stalking agenda;
The Scrutiny arrangements around regional education partnerships across Wales;
Further information on the Public Service Leadership Group.