, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Okay, thank you very much. James.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
That's great. It's reassuring that you don't see any big-red-light issues there from your take, but you'll have that in writing before we can proceed, yes.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Thank you very much, Counsel General. Right, let's crack on. I'll lead off, and then we'll go into some detailed questions from James. An hour and a half, and we've probably got about 30 areas that we want to cover, so we'll keep it really snappy. First off…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
We have a busy session ahead of us, so we're going to move straight to the first substantive item on the agenda today, which is to look at the Historic Environment (Wales) Bill. We're glad to see once again the Counsel General and Minister for the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome to this afternoon's meeting of our committee. We've got a very packed agenda this afternoon. Just some of the normal housekeeping announcements: we are conducting proceedings in person today, although we also have somebody on our visuals as well…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome, everyone. Welcome to you all this afternoon.
, Plenary
Debate on the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee Report—'Annual Report 2021/22'
Diolch, Llywydd, and in my short response here, can I just first of all thank the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution for the serious, thoughtful and considered way in which he's responded to this debate, and it typifies his approach to the…
, Plenary
Debate on the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee Report—'Annual Report 2021/22'
It is fair to say that we had not expected, during the first year of the sixth Senedd, to have spent quite so much time reporting on the Welsh Government's legislative consent memoranda for UK Bills. We expressed concern at the extent to which the UK…
, Plenary
Debate on the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee Report—'Annual Report 2021/22'
It is truly appreciated. Our remit is quite considerable, and our scrutiny responsibilities are almost always subject to timetables and deadlines set either by Standing Orders or the Business Committee. And the scrutiny of subordinate legislation is part of…
, Plenary
Debate on the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee Report—'Annual Report 2021/22'
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. It's a pleasure to speak this afternoon and draw the Senedd's attention to the work of the Legislation, Justice and the Constitution Committee during the first full year of the sixth Senedd. Before I start, I would like to…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Counsel General, Luke Fletcher MS and I have just returned from attending the second meeting of the UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly in London. It was good to attend that; Alun Davies and colleagues—Sam—have attended before, and it's an emerging feast…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
1. What discussions has the Counsel General had regarding the impact of the recent changes in the UK Government on the devolution settlement? OQ58678
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Group 13: Coming into force (Amendment 53)
Just an observation, Janet, on the potential unintended consequences on this, because I entirely agree with the clarity that's needed for a commencement date of everything that flows from this Bill within it, but actually stipulating a date on the face of the…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Group 12: Review of operation of Act (Amendments 45. 52)
Yes. I do actually understand normally the intention behind an amendment like this, to review something to see how it is working. But, actually, Chair, my objection to this amendment is actually that the landscape is moving so fast. We've debated in taking…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Group 11: Enforcement action by local authorities (Amendments 41, 42, 43)
It's purely to make an observation in terms of the amendment that Janet is moving. I think that the similarity is not with the type of enforcement that you've mentioned there, and that it's more similar, I think, to the enforcement that we see around plastic…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Group 9: Future policy arrangements: Single-use plastics pollution strategy and Reusable Products Taskforce (Amendments 35, 65, 48, 79)
Yes.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Group 9: Future policy arrangements: Single-use plastics pollution strategy and Reusable Products Taskforce (Amendments 35, 65, 48, 79)
Thank you, Chair. I'm pleased to see that 7 has indeed been passed there, because I think the question is the balance of what goes on the face of the Bill, and I think it wouldn't be, if it was necessary, beyond the wit of a Minister in future, or this…
, Plenary
Motion under Standing Order 26.91 seeking the Senedd's agreement to introduce a Member Bill—Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill
My thanks go to Sam for bringing forward this legislative proposal. It gives a really much-needed airing here in the Senedd to the benefits of outdoor education and activity. It's very timely on the back of the new curriculum, which has been shaped by the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Tom Giffard and I were at a briefing only in the last two weeks with Welsh local government leaders from our area, but also at a national level in Wales, having quite a frank assessment about the perilous state of local authority finances. And, of course, we…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Public Sector Role in the Future Energy System
Faced with the incredible scale of the climate change emergency that we face and the need to hit net zero, this is a very welcome statement today, and particularly the proposals around a Welsh state developer. What I want to ask you, Minister, is: you'll know…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: Development Bank of Wales—Investing with ambition
Thank you. Indeed, I will be brief. Minister, thank you for the statement and also for attending the lunchtime launch of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies report, 'Owning the workplace, securing the future', on how we increase the amount of employee…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I ask for only one statement and it's by way of update. There was a real sense of optimism a year ago, when the Welsh Government stepped into the breach in terms of the Caerau Arbed community energy saving programme issues, with over 100 householders—not all…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
In which case, we've got a fair bit of business to do in private now, so we move to item 10. We have a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting. Colleagues, are we happy to do so? We are, and we move…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion to elect a temporary Chair under Standing Order 17.22 for the committee meeting on 7 November
Thank you, Rhys, for that. James, happy to go with that? Thank you very much indeed. Thank you, Alun. If you could take over and chair on that day, I'd be grateful indeed. Thank you very much; we're in good hands there. So, I think there's something formal to…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion to elect a temporary Chair under Standing Order 17.22 for the committee meeting on 7 November
In which case, there is an important piece of business we need to do before we return after the recess. I'm not able to join with the committee on, I think it is, 7 November, because I'll be in London at an engagement related to this committee itself there…
