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Senedd Commission
The Senedd Commission (Welsh: Comisiwn y Senedd) serves as the corporate entity for the Senedd of Wales. It is tasked with the responsibility of providing property, staff, and services to the Senedd. Composed of the Llywydd of the Senedd and four members representing various political parties, each with distinct areas of responsibility, the commission operates with the support of staff from the Commission and Support Service. Before 2020, this body was referred to as the National Assembly for Wales Commission.
The Government of Wales Act 2006 provided the National Assembly for Wales with significant new powers to legislate, and strengthens its scrutiny role. It also creates a legally separate Welsh Government and a corporate body, known as the National Assembly for Wales Commission (Assembly Commission) which has responsibility for the provision of property, staff and services to support the assembly members. The commission consists of the presiding officer and four other members nominated by the main political parties. The staff of the commission are employees of the commission and are headed by the chief executive and clerk of the Senedd.
The commission's duty, as defined in the Government of Wales Act 2006, is to provide the “property, staff and services required for the Senedd's purposes”. In practice, this means that it is the commission's responsibility to:
Schedule 2 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 allows the commission to promote public awareness of the current or future electoral system for the Senedd. It also empowers the commission to promote public awareness of the current or any pending system of devolved government in Wales. The act allows this to take place via the use of education or information programmes and by making grants available to other bodies or persons to carry out such programmes.
After each financial year, the Senedd Commission must publish an annual report. This report must outline how the commission has fulfilled its role and exercised its functions during the financial year, and must be laid before the Senedd. The commission is also required to produce annual accounts for audit by the auditor general for Wales.
The Senedd Commission consists of the Llywydd, plus four other members of the Senedd, one nominated by each of the four party groups represented by the Senedd. The commissioners are Suzy Davies MS, Joyce Watson MS, Rhun ap Iorwerth MS and David J Rowlands MS.
The role of the commission is to set strategic aims and objectives and consider performance, agree standards and values, oversee change, encourage innovation and enterprise for the National Senedd.
To help achieve these aims, the commissioners have special responsibility for certain aspects of the Senedd's work. This allows a great deal of work to take place outside of formal commission meetings and positive working relationships to be developed with staff.
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Senedd Commission
The Senedd Commission (Welsh: Comisiwn y Senedd) serves as the corporate entity for the Senedd of Wales. It is tasked with the responsibility of providing property, staff, and services to the Senedd. Composed of the Llywydd of the Senedd and four members representing various political parties, each with distinct areas of responsibility, the commission operates with the support of staff from the Commission and Support Service. Before 2020, this body was referred to as the National Assembly for Wales Commission.
The Government of Wales Act 2006 provided the National Assembly for Wales with significant new powers to legislate, and strengthens its scrutiny role. It also creates a legally separate Welsh Government and a corporate body, known as the National Assembly for Wales Commission (Assembly Commission) which has responsibility for the provision of property, staff and services to support the assembly members. The commission consists of the presiding officer and four other members nominated by the main political parties. The staff of the commission are employees of the commission and are headed by the chief executive and clerk of the Senedd.
The commission's duty, as defined in the Government of Wales Act 2006, is to provide the “property, staff and services required for the Senedd's purposes”. In practice, this means that it is the commission's responsibility to:
Schedule 2 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 allows the commission to promote public awareness of the current or future electoral system for the Senedd. It also empowers the commission to promote public awareness of the current or any pending system of devolved government in Wales. The act allows this to take place via the use of education or information programmes and by making grants available to other bodies or persons to carry out such programmes.
After each financial year, the Senedd Commission must publish an annual report. This report must outline how the commission has fulfilled its role and exercised its functions during the financial year, and must be laid before the Senedd. The commission is also required to produce annual accounts for audit by the auditor general for Wales.
The Senedd Commission consists of the Llywydd, plus four other members of the Senedd, one nominated by each of the four party groups represented by the Senedd. The commissioners are Suzy Davies MS, Joyce Watson MS, Rhun ap Iorwerth MS and David J Rowlands MS.
The role of the commission is to set strategic aims and objectives and consider performance, agree standards and values, oversee change, encourage innovation and enterprise for the National Senedd.
To help achieve these aims, the commissioners have special responsibility for certain aspects of the Senedd's work. This allows a great deal of work to take place outside of formal commission meetings and positive working relationships to be developed with staff.
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