, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with Lord Bellamy KC, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice: Justice in Wales
Yes, yes.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with Lord Bellamy KC, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice: Justice in Wales
There we are. Brilliant. James.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with Lord Bellamy KC, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice: Justice in Wales
Yes, we'll head towards that. We'll try and get out on time. So, colleagues, we'll need to speed up a little—
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with Lord Bellamy KC, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice: Justice in Wales
Lord Bellamy and colleagues, I can see already that we're not going to cover everything that we wanted to today within the time available. This is unfair to put it on you, but do you have to leave bang on half past the hour?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with Lord Bellamy KC, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice: Justice in Wales
Alun, did you want to touch on the Cardiff civil justice centre as well?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with Lord Bellamy KC, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice: Justice in Wales
Thank you, Peredur. We just want to make sure with colleagues that we check before the end of the meeting that we—this isn't like Westminster; normally there are pieces of paper being passed at the back there and shuffled along or there are quiet…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with Lord Bellamy KC, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice: Justice in Wales
We might return to them if we've got some time.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with Lord Bellamy KC, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice: Justice in Wales
That's good to hear. Peredur.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with Lord Bellamy KC, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice: Justice in Wales
And that becomes a really interesting thing for us here in the Senedd, but, in wider civic and legal society in Wales, it's how we engage with that and put some of that experience forward.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with Lord Bellamy KC, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice: Justice in Wales
Yes. Well, let's turn to one of those areas, then, which is the accessibility to law—so, slightly different from the interplay of the policy issues—the actual clarity and accessibility of law to the practitioner, to the person who needs to rely on knowing…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with Lord Bellamy KC, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice: Justice in Wales
We might return to this in some other form, but I wonder, Lord Bellamy—. I mean, it's helpful having these really practical illustrations of the discussions that need to be had on this, whether it's termed 'a jagged edge', or let's just call it diplomatically…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with Lord Bellamy KC, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice: Justice in Wales
Jenny, over to you.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with Lord Bellamy KC, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice: Justice in Wales
It's all we have to go on.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with Lord Bellamy KC, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice: Justice in Wales
I'm going to bring Jenny in in a moment who wanted to come in on this particular aspect of our questioning, but I notice you didn't say 'impossible', you just said that there was an extensive range of barriers and hills to climb and so on. But, Alun.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with Lord Bellamy KC, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice: Justice in Wales
That's very encouraging, and I know colleagues of mine will want to come back on particular items that they might want to see discussed within the inter-ministerial working on this, as well as on the board—some areas that are less contentious, or more…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with Lord Bellamy KC, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice: Justice in Wales
Lovely. Thank you very much. One housekeeping thing that I forgot to mention is that there's no need to fiddle with the microphones; they come on automatically. Okay. Well, if we can leap straight in, then, Lord Bellamy, could I ask you, first of all, a broad…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with Lord Bellamy KC, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice: Justice in Wales
Thank you.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with Lord Bellamy KC, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice: Justice in Wales
So, we have lot of business in front of us today, but our first substantive item this afternoon is indeed the evidence session with Lord Bellamy. Lord Bellamy, I wonder if you'd like to just introduce yourself, and whether your colleagues want to do the same…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome to this afternoon's session of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee here in the Senedd. We're in public this afternoon for a very important evidence session here with Lord Bellamy and his colleagues. Lord Bellamy, you're very welcome…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good afternoon, everyone.
, Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1302, 'Protect Mid-Wales’ unique Cambrian Mountains: designate them an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty'
Are you paying?
, Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1302, 'Protect Mid-Wales’ unique Cambrian Mountains: designate them an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty'
My thanks to the Petitions Committee for bringing this forward. I'm going to take a slight diversion, and that diversion runs from Chepstow to Conwy. The idea of a Cambrian trail through the Cambrian mountains was first envisaged back in 1968, and the late…
, Plenary
Debate on the Finance Committee Report—'Post-EU funding arrangements'
—Dirprwy Lywydd. No clarity at the moment from UK Government on future, medium, long-term post-EU funding. No agreement or clarity on the amount lost to Wales or otherwise. Ongoing uncertainty over Erasmus+, Horizon Europe, other European co-operation…
, Plenary
Debate on the Finance Committee Report—'Post-EU funding arrangements'
Thank you very much—
, Plenary
Debate on the Finance Committee Report—'Post-EU funding arrangements'
I entirely agree. We need to move away from this, and it needs to be based on good analysis, needs analysis, and where the money should be properly going. And to pick up on Alun's quite right point, this is not just to do with the current quantum of funding…
