Issue - meetings

To accept and note the information in the report.

Submitted - the report of the Propriety and Elections Manager, enclosing the annual report of the Adjudication Panel for Wales 2023-2024. It was noted that there were no underlying themes to be discussed and that only a minority of members reached the panel, with most members complying with the code.

The Monitoring Officer noted that a new Chair had been appointed to the adjudication panel, namely Meleri Tudur, a lawyer from Gwynedd.

The Propriety and Elections Manager was thanked for his work on the appeals process, noting that the Standards Committee's reasons had been listed as good enough for the President to decide that there were no grounds for an appeal. This was reiterated by the Monitoring Officer who noted that it was being used as a model on how to draft a decision and as a template by other standards committees.

DECISION

To accept and note the information in the report.