Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales meeting: 18 February 2025
Summary of the minutes of the meeting held on 18 February 2025.
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Attendees
- Frances Duffy, Chair
- Saz Willey, Vice Chair
- Bev Smith, Member
- Kate Watkins, Member
- Dianne Bevan, Member
- Sara Rees, Secretariat
- Leighton Jones, Secretariat
External stakeholders attending the meeting
Representatives from the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru:
- Roger Ashton-Winter
- Rhydian Fitter
Introduction
The Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales (the Panel) met on Tuesday 18 February.
The aim of the meeting was to:
- review and agree the minutes and summary of the January meeting, note the secretariat and budget updates and review and update the operational plan for 2024 to 2025
- note the publication dates for the final annual report and legacy report
- note the update on the transfer of data to the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru
- review and provide any comments / observations on the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru website and communications from April 2025 onwards
- review correspondence and provide a response to 2 local authorities
Below summarises the Panel’s discussions and decisions.
Actions, secretariat and budget updates
The Panel agreed the minutes and summary from the January meeting and noted the budget update.
The Panel reviewed and discussed correspondence received from 2 principal authorities and its proposed response and reply to each 1.
Publication date for the final annual report and legacy report
The Panel were provided with an update on the publication of the final annual report and legacy report. Both publications were to be published on 24 February 2025 and can be found here.
Data transfer to the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru
The Panel were presented with progress on the transfer of all related files to the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru. This area forms part of the transition work as the functions of the Panel transfer to the Commission from 1 April 2025.
Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru: website and communications
Officials at the Commission gave overview and update on the website transition, together with proposals on how the transfer of functions to the Commission will be communicated to the public and stakeholders. The Panel agreed to communicate with its stakeholders, to explain the transition and that future communication will be with DBCC.
Any other business
The Panel considered and discussed the correspondence received from 2 principal authorities. A proposed response was provided for each item of correspondence.
Next meeting
The final meeting of the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales will take place on 12 March 2025.
Should you have any matters you wish to raise with the Panel, please do not hesitate to get in touch via the Secretariat by emailing IRPMailbox@gov.wales.