Procedure for Dealing with Complaints against Assembly Members (Complaint Procedure)
The Committee on Standards of Conduct has established a formal procedure for dealing with complaints against Assembly Members. A number of considerations were taken into account when drawing up the procedure, including:
the unique provisions of the Government of Wales Act 2006, which make it a criminal offence to participate in proceedings whilst failing to declare/register an interest;
the types of complaints that the Committee could/should consider and
the Committee's relationship with the Commissioner for Standards.
The Complaint Procedure was formally approved by the Assembly's Committee on Standards of Conduct on 3 June 2008, and formalises the steps required in any investigation into a complaint made against a Member of the Assembly.
The procedure is available below:
Procedure for Dealing with Complaints against Assembly Members (Complaint Procedure)
If you have any comments/queries regarding the complaint procedure please contact the Commissioner's office, or the Standards Committee Secretariat: http://www.senedd.assemblywales.org/mgCommitteeDetails.aspx?ID=231
National Assembly Commissioner for Standards
National Assembly for Wales
Cardiff Bay
CF99 1NA
Telephone: 029 2089 8948
Fax: 029 2089 8117
E-mail: standards.commissioner@wales.gov.uk
Committee on Standards of Conduct
National Assembly for Wales
Cardiff Bay
CF99 1NA
Telephone: 029 2082 1821
E-mail: standards@wales.gov.uk
Referral of complaints to the Standards Committee by the Standards Commissioner
Reports of complaints considered by the Committee on Standards of Conduct will be published and can be accessed through the Committee's webpage: http://www.senedd.assemblywales.org/mgCommitteeDetails.aspx?ID=231
