, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Good afternoon. Welcome, everyone. Welcome to this afternoon's committee meeting.
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Questions to the Senedd Commission
This is a genuinely open question, because I'm impressed, to be honest, at the extent to which the Senedd is opening up to people—young people and others—across the country in terms of saying, 'Come here and experience—get work experience,' or, 'Apply for…
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Questions to the Senedd Commission
Thank you very much for that answer.
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Questions to the Senedd Commission
2. What measures are in place to promote opportunities for work experience and open recruitment in the Senedd workplace? OQ57601
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
The inter-governmental reforms do hold out some positive news, I think. If they can be made to be embedded in both the tone of respect but also the machinery of Government that they genuinely are meaningful between Governments, then they hold out some real…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
7. What consideration has the Welsh Government given to the need for inter-parliamentary reforms in light of the changes to inter-governmental relations at a UK level? OQ57602
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I echo the points made by Rhys about proper engagement and the constructive approach being taken by the Minister, but can I just say, citizens across the nation were hanging the bunting out over the weekend. They were overjoyed to hear this news, and also the…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
3. What assessment has the Counsel General made of the impact on Wales of the UK Government's proposals for legislation on retained EU law? OQ57599
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
I thank the Minister for that response. Of course, this question was tabled before the courts reached the verdict on the tragic and brutal murder of Dr Gary Jenkins, and I'm certain that the Minister will want to join all of us in this Siambr today in paying…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
5. Will the Minister provide an update on the Welsh Government LGBTQ+ action plan? OQ57600
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Debate: Draft Budget 2022-23
So, this also represents an important milestone in the scrutiny of the Welsh Government's justice-related spending, and I hope that, through our work, we start to shine a light on this very important issue. As part of this greater scrutiny and transparency…
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Debate: Draft Budget 2022-23
Thank you, Llywydd. I very much welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate on the budget as Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee, as it marks the first time that this committee has undertaken budget scrutiny.
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I've only got a few comments to make, and I'm only making them because this is quite an interesting one that is in front of us here. We reported on this memorandum on 3 November 2021, and we don't have any recommendations in our…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, First Minister, you're right, and I'm seeing it day by day in Ogmore—and I'm sure every Member here is, regardless of party affiliation—because families in Ogmore are now facing multiple whammies. It's a cost-of-living crisis done by Conservative UK…
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Questions to the First Minister
2. What discussions has the Welsh Government had with the UK Government regarding the cost-of-living crisis? OQ57603
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
And that does bring us to item No. 8, which is the standard motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting so that we can go into private session. Do Members agree? We do. And we will now move into private…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
And then we've got some papers to note under item 7. The first one I'd invite your attention to is the written statement laid under Standing Order 30 notifying the Senedd that amendments have been tabled to the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices…
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Inter-institutional relations agreement
So, we're going to move now to item 6, on from where we've been for the last few minutes to the inter-institutional relations agreement. Under item 6.1, we have correspondence from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd to the…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3 - previously considered
Thank you very much, and just my own thanks to colleagues for their consideration of these earlier and the focus that we wanted to put on whether there is a need now to consolidate these various regulations as we get to this particular point in coronavirus as…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3 - previously considered
That's great. Thank you very much for that. I should make it clear as well, for anybody watching in on this on Senedd.tv or following the transcript later, that we're not the policy committee on these matters. What we're looking at is the technical, legal and…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3 - previously considered
Gareth, thank you very much. And I'd make the same points as we did earlier in response to that, that I think we'll return to this in private with a view to contacting the policy committee as well and updating them on what Gareth has helpfully uncovered in…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3 - previously considered
Thank you very much for that. Are we happy to note that? We are. And we move on to item 5.5, SL(6)134, the Renting Homes (Model Written Statements of Contract) (Wales) Regulations 2022. Again, this is the one we considered on 31 January and laid the report to…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3 - previously considered
Yes, this is my fault here. I should have asked right at the beginning of the session for this, but there we are. They're on record now, and they're on the register of interests as well, but thank you for those declarations. If we move on, then, to, having…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3 - previously considered
Alun, thank you very much indeed for that declaration. Sorry, I also have to declare my—. It's on my register of interests as well. Rhys.
, 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
Okay. This looks like another one where we'll have to pull some of our analysis of these responses together and contact the relevant committee. I'm not sure if I have to declare an interest as a member of that other committee, but there we are. We'll be…
