, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Marvellous. Thank you very much indeed. In that case, let me ask you: could you explain further the framework statement that says that, in the event of a dispute between Governments, the making of legislation may need to be postponed until they agree on how…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
I think I'd better, at the start of doing this, declare an interest for all of us on this committee, because not only has the committee been very forthright on the need for legislation on air quality, but I think probably every Member on this committee is…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
That is reassuring, Minister. Chair, I'd just make the observation that this is a good session and this seems to be one of the areas where we're getting from the Minister and officials that it's working well in terms of the drop-down of the common framework…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Okay. I'm going to throw a little bit of a fly in the ointment here, because the test could come a lot sooner than that. UK Government has been outspoken in the last few days on the announcement that it first made back in last October/November about the…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Okay. Okay. Can I take you on, then, to the UK-EU trade and co-operation agreement, the TCA, as it's abbreviated. Could you explain how this framework takes into account the duties placed on Welsh Government by the TCA, so, for example, that duty to maintain…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Okay. That's brilliant. Thanks for that. I just wanted to stress test that a little bit. So, we're taking your good, solid reassurances there that, in this area of policy, we don't foresee any real problems coming, because it's a drop down, in effect.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Okay. That's brilliant. Thank you. Can I do just a cheeky rejoiner to Delyth's question early on? It's been really reassuring so far, this session, and I suspect it's partly because, in the areas of air quality and chemicals et cetera, they are very, very…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
No, I'm happy—[Inaudible.]—Chair, if that's okay.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Yes, that's great.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
So, this is a process question, Chair, a follow-up, rather than an actual example, although we could indeed apply it to air quality, or we could say, right, Wales is suddenly wanting to do something much more dramatic and interventionist on the use of…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Yes. It's on a similar theme. Let's say it was going the other way—we're always worried about what if something nasty was to be done to Wales, and so on, but what if, for example, the UK decided it was going to take a much more stringent approach on chemicals…
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Nationality and Borders Bill
Diolch, Llywydd. It's a pleasure to follow my fellow two committee Chairs. And can I just say, on the fifth occasion that I've risen this afternoon, my thanks to the committee clerking team and colleagues as well for their consideration of these matters? And…
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Professional Qualifications Bill
Diolch eto, Llywydd. It's great to welcome the former Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee in his current role here today. I note the remarks he's made in opening that the Government is not minded to give consent to this LCM, but some…
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Health and Care Bill
Diolch, Llywydd. Minister, I accept the way that you're explaining this, that there is a balance here between the real priority of putting in place good policy that the Welsh Government and the people of Wales would want to see against a balance, which she…
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Health and Care Bill
Now, given the number of recommendations contained within our second report on memoranda No. 2 and No. 3, we did provide the Minister with an early copy so as to better inform this afternoon’s debate, and I thank the Minister for formally responding to our…
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Health and Care Bill
Thank you, Llywydd. We have produced two reports covering the three consent memoranda that have been laid by the Minister on this Bill. The first of these was completed last December, and the second was laid only yesterday afternoon.
, Plenary
The Corporate Joint Committees (Transport Functions) (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2022
Diolch, Llywydd. It's my second opportunity to speak on these motions in front of us this afternoon and I'm going to be even briefer in this excursion here. We considered these regulations at our meeting on 7 February and our report to the Senedd contains one…
, Plenary
The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 9A) Regulations 2022
Thank you, Llywydd, and thank you, Minister.
, Plenary
The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 9A) Regulations 2022
I'll try to keep this as short as possible. We considered these regulations at our meeting on 31 January, and our report to the Senedd contains two merits reporting points. These regulations, as the Minister has said, amend the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016…
, Plenary
The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 9A) Regulations 2022
Thank you, Llywydd. With your invitation, this will the first of five speeches I will give in relation to scrutiny undertaken by my committee in recent weeks. I will therefore aim to keep my contributions focused.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
That brings us, then, to item No. 9, which is the motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting. Are we happy to go into private session now? We are. Great, thank you. And we will wait for our clerking…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
We've got some papers to note as well under item No. 8. The first of these is item 8.1, where we have a letter from the Minister for Education and Welsh Language responding to our committee's report on the supplementary legislative consent memorandum…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Inter-institutional relations agreement
Which brings us to item 7, inter-institutional relations agreement. Under item 7.1, we have correspondence from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd in respect of the inter-ministerial group for environment, food and rural affairs…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Common frameworks
Which brings us on to item No. 6, common frameworks. We have, under 6.1, correspondence from the Minister for Finance and Local Government on the common framework for public procurement, and we have a letter from the Minister dated 27 January 2022, from the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3 - previously considered
Thank you, Gareth. Anything, colleagues, or are we happy to note that? Happy to note it. Okay, thank you.
