Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024

7 Review of possible job-sharing of offices relating to the Senedd

(1) The Presiding Officer must table a motion that complies with subsection (2)—

(a) as soon as practicable after the first meeting of the Senedd following the first general election held after‍ 7 November 2025, and

(b) in any event, no later than six months after the first meeting of the Senedd following that election.

(2) The motion must propose that—

(a) the Senedd establish a committee for the purpose of carrying out a review of the extent to which—

(i) persons should be able to jointly hold any relevant office;

(ii) a person should be able to temporarily hold a relevant office while the person appointed or elected to that office is unavailable, and

(b) the committee prepare a report on the review, setting out its recommendations.

(3) In subsection (2)(a), “relevant office” means the office of—

(a) Member of the Senedd;

(b) Presiding Officer;

(c) Deputy Presiding Officer;

(d) member of the Senedd Commission (appointed in accordance with section 27 of the 2006 Act);

(e) First Minister;

(f) Welsh Minister (appointed under section 48 of the 2006 Act);

(g) Deputy Welsh Minister (appointed under section 50 of the 2006 Act);

(h) Counsel General.

(4) Subsection (5) applies if, following a review‍ of any of the matters mentioned in subsection (2)(a) by a committee established pursuant to a motion tabled in accordance with subsection (1), a report on the review is laid before the Senedd by the committee.

(5) If this subsection applies, the Welsh Ministers must lay before the Senedd a statement that—

(a) sets out the Welsh Ministers’ response to the report mentioned in subsection (4), and

(b) sets out what steps, if any, the Welsh Ministers intend to take in relation to any recommendations in the report.