Issue - meetings

To consider and approve the re-appointment of  an Independent Member to the Standards Committee

RESOLVED to re-appoint Hywel Eifion Jones as an independent member of the Standards Committee to serve for a further term of four years from 05 February 2026.

The Monitoring Officer submitted a report noting that Mr Hywel Eifion Jones's term had come to an end but the Standards Committees Regulations (Wales) 2001 allowed independent members to be re-appointed for an additional term, not being longer than four years, as requested in the report.

It was reported that Mr Hywel Eifion Jones had been a member of the Standards Committee since 2019 and he had served as the Chair of the Committee since 2023. ⁠It was confirmed that his first term as a Committee Member had ended in July 2025 and that the vacant seat had not been filled in the meantime. It was assured that he could be re-appointed in accordance with the above Regulations, for a second membership term. It was highlighted that there was a gap in his membership, but legal advice had agreed that it was appropriate for him to be re-elected.

Many expressions of support were received from the Members, as Mr Hywel Eifion Jones had been a very hard-working Member of the Standards Committee. He was thanked for his thorough, knowledgeable, valuable and objective work throughout his first term.

RESOLVED to re-appoint Hywel Eifion Jones as an independent member of the Standards Committee to serve for a further term of four years from 05 February 2026.