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<Title>Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Act 2026</Title>
<Number>2026 asc 9</Number>
<LongTitle>An Act of Senedd Cymru to provide for the recall of Members of the Senedd; to require the existence of a Standards of Conduct Committee of the Senedd that includes members who are not Members of the Senedd; to authorise the Senedd Commissioner for Standards to conduct investigations on the Commissioner’s initiative; to amend the power of the Welsh Ministers to make provision by order about the conduct of Senedd Cymru elections; and for connected purposes.</LongTitle>
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