5. Statement by the Chair of the Standards of Conduct Committee: Maintaining Confidence in the Standards Procedure

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:11 pm on 15 May 2019.

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Photo of Jayne Bryant Jayne Bryant Labour 4:11, 15 May 2019

Thank you, Joyce, for your comments, and I really appreciate the opportunity to make this statement, again, as I said, today, Llywydd, and I want to assure all Members and the public that this hasn't gone unnoticed. We've been very concerned about it and we have taken action when we've needed to. We did have leak inquiries around this, around the two points that Joyce has said today, and, from that, we've—those leak inquiries were able to suggest a number of improvements to the security processes, which have now been implemented.

But, just to reiterate, it is so important that we are clear that any leak greatly undermines the system and results in the committee considering a report against a backdrop of external comments and speculation, and it's not fair on the complainants and it is not fair for those who are subject to the complaint.