Constituency Offices

Part of 6. Questions to the Senedd Commission – in the Senedd at 3:13 pm on 1 July 2020.

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Photo of Elin Jones Elin Jones Plaid Cymru 3:13, 1 July 2020

As I said, constituency offices and regional offices are the responsibility of the elected Member, and the elected Member, of course, is responsible for their own staff issues as well. We will provide the guidance that's required and requested, but it is a matter for individual Members to decide when it is appropriate and safe to undertake any work that they wish to do from their offices. We are all, of course, under the general guidance of working from home if it is possible to do so, and the very vast majority of all our staff, both as individual Members and as Commission staff, have been able to effectively work from home to date. But if Members feel that more guidance is required to Members on reopening, even if they believe that that needs to be available to Members on a case-by-case basis, then, please, Members, contact the Commission and we'll provide that guidance in individual cases. But, I repeat that the conduct and the workplace of the regional and constituency office is a matter for individual Members. Also, in terms of the answer on costs, of course, some elements will fall to the Commission and its budget, but very many aspects of these costs that any Member may wish to claim for will be part of the responsibility of the remuneration board.