​​​Committees

Committees in the Assembly carry out many functions, including scrutinising the expenditure and policies of the Welsh Government, holding Ministers to account, and examining proposed legislation.

Regular updates on the work of Committees is available in the Committee Newsletter.

The Business Committee, which was established on 24 May 2016, is responsible for facilitating the effective organisation of Assembly proceedings.

On 28 June 2016, nominations were made to elect Committee Chairs. Where there was only one nomination and there was no objections to the nomination, the Presiding Officer declared that Member as elected as Chair of the Committee. If a Member objected to the nomination or there were two or more nominations these took place by secret ballot in accordance with Standing Order 17.2I on 29 June 2016.

 

Children, Young People and Education Committee

• Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill
• ​School Funding 
• Scrutiny of the Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales strategy

Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee

• Biodiversity
• Rethinking Food in Wales
• Allotments​

Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister

• The Food and Drink Industry in Wales
• The Rights of Children and Young People
• Welsh Government’s approach to building a strong economy​

 

Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee

• Legislation (Wales) Bill
• Subordinate Legislation
• Exiting the European Union (Brexit) 

Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee

• The role of arts and culture in addressing poverty and social exclusion
• Supporting and Promoting the Welsh Language
• Film and Major TV Production in Wales

 

Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee

• National Infrastructure Commission for Wales
• Priorities for the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee

 

 

Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee

• Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Bill
• Inquiry into diversity in local government
• Inquiry into voting rights for prisoners

External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee

• Wales' Future relationship with Europe and the World - Part 2
• ​European Union law in Wales: What happens during the Brexit transition
• The UK's trade policy after leaving the European Union​

Finance Committee

• Welsh Government’s capital funding sources
• Inquiry into the funding of directly funded bodies
• Consideration of proposals to amend the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013

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Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

• Mental health in policing and police custody
• Provision of health and social care in the adult prison system
• Dentistry in Wales
• Autism (Wales) Bill
• Impact of the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 in relation to Carers

Petitions Committee

• View all petitions currently being considered by the Committee
• Learn more about the Assembly's petitions process

Public Accounts Committee

• Management of follow up outptients across Wales
• Governance Review of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board: Lessons Learnt
• Primary care out-of-hours services

 

 

Standards of Conduct Committee

• This committee investigates any complaints referred to it by the Standards Commissioner.
• Code of Conduct - Review

Sub-Committees

• Sub-Committee on the Regulation of Registered Social Landlords (Wales) Bill (Dissolved January 2018)

Committee of the Whole Assembly

• Established on 6 March 2018 when the Assembly agreed the Law Derived from the European Union (Wales) Bill should be treated as an Emergency Bill.

 

See Also:

Previous Assembly Business

• Committees of the Fourth Assembly
• All Fourth Assembly business

Glossary

If you are new to Assembly Business and the terms used to describe its procedures and outputs please see our help section

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