The Mid Wales Corporate Joint Committee () is the

Corporate Joint Committee A Corporate Joint Committee (CJC; ) is a type of local government in Wales, local government institution introduced in Wales by the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021. History A Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 became ...

for

Mid Wales Mid Wales ( or simply ''Y Canolbarth'', meaning "the midlands"), or Central Wales, is a region of Wales, encompassing its midlands, in-between North Wales and South Wales. The Mid Wales Regional Committee of the Senedd covered the unitary autho ...

that was established in April 2021 by statutory instruments made under the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021. It is an indirectly elected body made up of leaders of principal councils and

national park authorities A national park authority is a special term used in Great Britain for legal bodies charged with maintaining a national park of which, as of October 2021, there are ten in England, three in Wales and two in Scotland. The powers and duties of all su ...

in the region.

Powers

Corporate Joint Committees have powers relating to economic well-being, strategic planning and the development of regional transport policies. They are corporate bodies which can employ staff, hold assets and have dedicated budgets.

Principal areas

The Mid Wales Corporate Joint Committee covers the two

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Ceredigion Ceredigion (), historically Cardiganshire (, ), is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the West Wales, west of Wales. It borders Gwynedd across the River Dyfi, Dyfi estuary to the north, Powys to the east, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire t ...

and

Powys Powys ( , ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county and Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county in Wales. It borders Gwynedd, Denbighshire, and Wrexham County Borough, Wrexham to the north; the English Ceremonial counties of England, ceremo ...

Members

The Mid Wales Corporate Joint Committee is an indirectly elected body made up of the leaders of the principal councils and national park authorities in the region. By law, CJCs must appoint a chief executive, a finance officer and a monitoring officer. As of May 2023, the membership of the committee is as follows:

Leadership

Bryan Davies, leader of

Ceredigion County Council Ceredigion County Council () is the governing body for the county of Ceredigion, since 1996 one of the unitary authorities of Wales. The council's main offices are in Aberaeron. History The current council was created on 1 April 1996 under t ...

is chair of the Mid Wales CJC, and James Gibson-Watt, leader of

Powys County Council Powys County Council () is the local authority for Powys, one of the 22 principal areas of Wales. The council is based at County Hall in Llandrindod Wells. History The county of Powys was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act ...

, is vice-chair.

Sub-committees

The Mid West Wales CJC has the following subcommittees: *Economic Well-Being Regional Economic Development ( Mid Wales Growth Deal) Sub-Committee *Governance and Audit Sub-Committee *Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee *Regional Transport Planning Sub-Committee *Standards Sub-Committee *Strategic Development Planning Sub-Committee

References

External links

Mid Wales Corporate Joint CommitteeMid Wales CJC: Meetings and agendas

Economic Well-Being Regional Economic Development (Mid Wales Growth Deal) Sub-Committee

Governance and Audit Sub-Committee

Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee

Regional Transport Planning Sub-Committee

Standards Sub-Committee

Strategic Development Planning Sub-Committee

Growing Mid Wales Board
{{Regions of Wales, state=collapsed Corporate Joint Committees of Wales