, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
James, thank you very much for that. That was a fascinating section there, which we’ll return to in greater detail as this Bill progresses. It's not just exciting, as Alun was saying earlier on, but really fascinating from a legislation point of view. Rhys…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Alun, thank you very much indeed. We're going to cover quite a bit of ground this afternoon, Counsel General. We're going to turn our attention now to accessibility of Welsh law, and James is going to take us deep into this territory now.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Thank you, both. It'll be helpful to have some more detail in writing, even at this initial stage of consideration of this consolidation Bill coming forward, because our interest is in that decision-making process, that rationale that you have behind taking…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
That's really helpful. James, we don't need to hear from you now, but I think, Counsel General, if you were to write to us with any other examples that you have. Because what we're particularly interested in is the rationale, the balance of decisions, to say…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Thanks, Dylan. Either you or Counsel General, one of the things we're interested in is not just what's made its way into this consolidation Bill, but what's been left out, because I'm guessing there must have been some quite nuanced decisions as to what to…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Thanks, Dylan. And in bringing Dylan in, Counsel General, I wonder, Dylan, if you could reflect on whether you've had to take a different approach to the legislation that you've brought into this that predates devolution—different times, different contexts…
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Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Thanks, Counsel General. So, with those opening remarks from you, we will begin our scrutiny here today, and I'm going to start with some opening questions, and just to say I know we've had this in discussion with you and your officials before. We're keen to…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
We're now going to turn directly to the first substantial matter in front of us today, which is item 2, the Historic Environment (Wales) Bill, and our ministerial evidence session. We have with us Mick Antoniw, Counsel General and Minister for the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Prynhawn da a chroeso i chi i gyd. Welcome, this afternoon, to this session of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee. We're meeting in virtual setting today via Zoom, but apart from that all of our Standing Orders apply as per normal. We're…
, Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
Diolch yn fawr iawn. Thank you very much for that answer. It's good to see the work that has been going on already, and that continues to go on, to increase the proportion of rooms that can be used in hybrid format, because, as we all know, it seems to be…
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Questions to the Senedd Commission
1. What plans does the Commission have to increase the proportion of committee and meeting rooms that can accommodate hybrid meetings across the Senedd estate? OQ58295
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I thank the Counsel General for that answer. The challenges with this bill of rights being brought forward have been well rehearsed this afternoon, not least the significant risks that external observers have noted to the devolution settlements right across…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
8. What engagement has the Welsh Government had with the UK Government on the development of the Bill of Rights? OQ58294
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I think the cumulative impact, Counsel General, is very important. There's been much attention to the Bill of Rights Bill and the impact here today in the Senedd, quite rightly, yet this raft of UK legislation, worryingly rushed and lacking effective scrutiny…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
6. What assessment has the Counsel General made of the cumulative impact of the Nationality and Borders Bill, the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, and the Bill of Rights on access to justice in Wales? OQ58293
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
So, Minister, thank you for the answer, and apologies for a slight diversion into history, but we know that it was in the shadow of world war two that Churchill and Mitterrand and others backed a convention, supported by 100 parliamentarians from the 12…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
7. What assessment has the Minister made of the impact of the UK Government's proposed Bill of Rights on the legislative and policy framework in Wales? OQ58292
, Plenary
Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Historic Environment (Wales) Bill
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. We thank the Counsel General for his introductory statement and also for adding to our committee's busy scrutiny programme by bringing forward this historic—in more ways than title alone—first consolidation Bill in Wales. Now, the…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: The Legislative Programme
First Minister, I've challenged you and the Counsel General before to give us a programme full of made-in-Wales legislation. I think this current Senedd of 60 Members will have its hands full in the year ahead, I have to say—there is plenty to get our teeth…
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Questions to the First Minister
The support that the Welsh Government has provided to bus services and rail services in Wales during the pandemic has enabled our public transport system to come through, albeit battered by events, but ready to move on to the next stage, which will involve…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
So, okay, in which case, colleagues, if I can ask you, if you're happy, under Standing 17.42, to go into private. We'll get into the meat of some of these things in private discussion. Are we happy to do so? We are. In which case, we'll go into private, and…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
James, thank you very much. That's a really constructive suggestion, a really helpful suggestion there, and possibly well targeted as well, particularly if we're going to have UK Government representatives in front of us later, within the next couple of…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Thanks, Alun. I'm going to bring James in in a moment. Just to note, we'll have a couple of opportunities as well to go into some detail on this when we have a really firm analysis pulled together. One is within our annual report as well, which we've…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
So, in which case, we're on to the papers to note for today, and we have quite a few of them under item 6. Item 6.1, we have a written statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution in respect of the retained EU law interactive dashboard…
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Inter-institutional relations agreement
So, that brings us on then to item No. 5, notifications and correspondence under the inter-institutional relations agreement—again, a regular part of our deliberations. We're going to turn to item 5.1 first of all, where we have a written statement by the…
