Agenda and minutes
Contact: Clerk of the Remuneration Board
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(9:00 - 9:15) |
Chair's Introduction ·
Declarations of interest Minutes: 1.1 The Chair welcomed
Board members to the meeting. 1.2 Apologies had been
received from Monojit Chatterji. 1.3 Subject to minor
amendments, the Board agreed the minutes of the meeting on 20 February 2015. 1.4 The Board noted that
an advert to recruit a new Chair and Board members of the successor
Remuneration Board had been published and that the deadline for applications
was 1 May 2015. 1.5 The Board considered
the costs relating to the drafting of the Pension Scheme and agreed revised
costs for the remainder of the work to be done by Wragge & Co. The Board noted
that any further work which may arise from discussions with HM Treasury or
relating to the implementation of the Scheme would need to be costed
separately. 1.6 The Board considered
how it should respond to the recommendation addressed to it from the Caucus for
Women. It requested clarification on what was meant by the term ‘pastoral’ in
its recommendation to the Board. The Board agreed that it would write to the
Caucus once it had received the clarification. |
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(9:15- 10:30) |
Group Support: Responses to consultation Minutes: 2.1 The Board considered
all responses to the consultation on the Group Funding. 2.2 The Board agreed a
revised model for Group Funding in the Fifth Assembly, details of which would
be published with the final Determination for the Fifth Assembly on 22 May
2015. 2.3 The Board agreed that
the rationale of the Board’s decision on Group Funding should be included in
the report on the Determination for the Fifth Assembly. |
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(10:30 - 11:00) |
Assembly Members pensions: Review Minutes: 3.1 The Board noted the
progress in preparing a new pension scheme for Assembly Members in the Fifth
Assembly. 3.2 The Chair thanked Mary Carter and Stuart
Castledine whose input has been greatly valued in designing the new pension
scheme for Assembly Members. 3.3 The Board considered the GAD Actuarial
Valuation Report which the Pension Trustees had provided for information. 3.4 The Board agreed that it
would like assurance that the scheme administrators were preparing for the
implementation of the new pension scheme. 3.5 The Board noted comments
raised by the Board of Trustees of the AM pension scheme. 3.6 The Board agreed that the
section on transitional arrangements for office holders during dissolution of
the Assembly should be removed from the Determination for Assembly Members
2015-16. Action points:
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(11:15 - 16:30) |
Draft Determination for the Fifth Assembly: Responses to consultation Minutes: 4.1
The
Board considered the responses on the Draft Determination for the Fifth
Assembly Including a letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee. The
Chair stated that he had replied to each of the respondents. 4.2
The
Board considered the Draft Determination for the Fifth Assembly and the
accompanying report and agreed its final position, taking account of decisions
reached earlier in the meeting. 4.3
The
Board considered the Equality Impact Assessment as part of the Report. It noted
that Diverse Cymru had appointed a new Chief Executive and agreed that the
Chair should write to congratulate him and give him the opportunity to make any
final comments Equality Impact Assessment. 4.4
The
Board agreed to consider new passages containing the new decisions, and any
other amendments to the Draft Determination and the accompanying report via
email. 4.5
The
Board agreed its approach to publishing and communicating the Determination and
Report on 22 May. Action
points: ·
Write to the new Chief Executive
of Diverse Cymru ·
Write to Chair of the Petitions
Committee regarding the petition on the Board’s proposals for Assembly Members’
salaries in the Fifth Assembly (Ref: P-04-613). |
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Papers to note |