, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Minister and Deputy Minister for Climate Change - session 1
I absolutely get that. This Government hasn't been afraid of taking some quite radical decisions in terms of environmental matters, sometimes controversially. If that deep dive of experts would come forward and say, 'Well, actually, we consider the baseline…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Minister and Deputy Minister for Climate Change - session 1
Yes. Minister, you just mentioned the biodiversity deep dive on two occasions, and I know it's important to you to see the outcomes of that. Can I just ask on a point of overarching principle: are you seeking, in your marine planning, and the biodiversity…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Cost-of-living Update
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. One of the defining characteristics of much of the support that Welsh Government has provided to date is how well targeted it is at those who are most in need. So, whether we look at the fuel voucher scheme, the heat fund, the healthy…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I think the First Minister's response describes well the tsunami now that is affecting people right across Wales, from Ogmore north, south, east and west, and it really is happening, and it's not hidden away—we're actually seeing it now evidently every single…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
7. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the impact of the rising cost of living on the people of Ogmore? OQ58193
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Well, colleagues, unless there is anything else, and to the great disappointment of the crowds who are watching this on our Senedd.tv there, under Standing Order 17.42, can I ask if you're happy to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting so that…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Okay, so we'll go on, then—rattling through the business here in public session today at the moment—to item No. 5. We have several papers to note. First of all, under item 5.1, we have a response from the Minister of State to the chair of the Constitution…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Inter-institutional relations agreement
We'll move on to item No. 4, then, which are the inter-institutional relations agreements. Now, under this, item 4.1, we have a letter from the Counsel General informing the committee that he intends to give consent for the UK Government to make the European…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thank you very much, Gareth. Members, are we happy to note that? We don't require a Welsh Government report on that, so, from our perspective, that is done and dusted there, for the purposes of legislation and propriety of the legislation.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
That takes us on to item No. 3, which, as per normal, is instruments that do raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3. We have one item under this, which is item 3.1. It's a made negative resolution instrument, SL(6)203, the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
That brings us on to the first substantive item today, which is item 2. As per normal, it's instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3. We've got one. It's paper No. 1—one statutory instrument with a clear report. This is a…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Bore da. Croeso, bawb. Welcome to this meeting of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee. Could I now formally welcome James Evans as a permanent Member of this committee? You're very welcome indeed, James. We look forward to you getting to know…
, Plenary
Debate on the Report of the Special Purpose Committee on Senedd Reform—Reforming our Senedd: A stronger voice for the people of Wales
I probably haven't got time, Alun, I'm afraid, unfortunately—I'm really sorry to Members on this. We have heard from Conservative Members a consistency, and it's a consistency that was clear as well in their leadership even while the committee was sitting, I…
, Plenary
Debate on the Report of the Special Purpose Committee on Senedd Reform—Reforming our Senedd: A stronger voice for the people of Wales
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. It's a pleasure to follow the balanced and constructive comments of the Counsel General, but can I also thank every Member who's contributed today, regardless of the different views and different opinions? It has been a…
, Plenary
Debate on the Report of the Special Purpose Committee on Senedd Reform—Reforming our Senedd: A stronger voice for the people of Wales
Therefore, in looking forward to Members' contributions today, let me conclude by saying that this report is far from the end of the journey to delivering Senedd reform. The Welsh Government Bill to make change happen will need to be addressed without delay…
, Plenary
Debate on the Report of the Special Purpose Committee on Senedd Reform—Reforming our Senedd: A stronger voice for the people of Wales
Our committee's report sets out an integrated package of proposals for a strengthened Parliament to better represent the people of Wales, and a route-map for getting us there. We believe that our proposals can command the support of at least the 40 Members…
, Plenary
Debate on the Report of the Special Purpose Committee on Senedd Reform—Reforming our Senedd: A stronger voice for the people of Wales
If I do not take interventions on this occasion, Dirprwy Lywydd, it's out of courtesy to what I suspect will be many speakers who want to contribute today, not out of disrespect to those who want to intervene on me. We began our work last autumn, and we've…
, Plenary
Debate on the Report of the Special Purpose Committee on Senedd Reform—Reforming our Senedd: A stronger voice for the people of Wales
First of all, I would like to say how much of a privilege it was to be invited to chair the Special Purpose Committee on Senedd Reform. It has also been a great pleasure to chair a committee where the individual members—Jane Dodds representing the Liberal…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
And that funding has indeed helped but, even before the pandemic, we'd had a decade of austerity that had impacted on local authorities and had impacted on cuts in services, including subsidised bus services. We're looking forward to the reforms that will…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
6. What support does the Welsh Government provide to deliver integrated public and community transport in the Ogmore constituency which meets the needs of transport-poor constituents? OQ58117
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Now then, we are in that case ready to move into private session, where we have quite a bit of business to do. So, under item No. 4, using Standing Order 17.42, could I ask committee members if they're happy now to move into private session? And we are. We'll…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Thank you, Alun, and I can see some nods as well there from Rhys as well and from James. So, let's return to this in private; let's regard this exchange of correspondence as an opening salvo and that there's still work from our perspective that we think needs…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
So, we move now, in public session, on to item 3.4. We have correspondence from the Deputy Minister for Climate Change in respect of the Swansea (Closure of the Prince of Wales Dock) Harbour Revision Order 2022. Just a couple of points of interest on this…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
It's a very good point and it does, indeed, Alun, as you say, relate to two items of correspondence we have, including the correspondence under item 3.2 from the Minister for Climate Change to the Llywydd in respect of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Unless committee members have anything to mention on that, we'll go on to item 3, where we have papers to note. We have correspondence from the Minister for Finance and Local Government to the Llywydd in respect of the legislative consent for the procurement…
