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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
It's a really good suggestion. Let's return to this in private, but it's a helpful cue-up now for our good but small clerking team to think about how we can best take that idea forward. But, certainly, as to the way in which we can learn from each other on…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
So, we go on to papers to note, and the first of these under item 8 is 8.1, where we have correspondence from the House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee enclosing its latest report for us, entitled 'Losing Impact: why the Government's impact…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Inter-institutional Relations Agreement
Which takes us on, then, to item 7, notifications and correspondence under the inter-institutional relations agreement. Here we have under item 7.1 correspondence from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd, giving consent to the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Written statements under Standing Order 30C
Okay. Are we content to note that written statement? We are. Then we'll go on to item 6.2, written statement 30C(6)013, the Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022. Again, we have a written statement of 19 October and a commentary. These…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Written statements under Standing Order 30C
In which case, we go on to item No. 6, written statements under Standing Order 30C. We have, under item 6.1 first of all, written statement 30C(6)012, the Biocidal Products (Health and Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2022. We have a written statement of 19…
, 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
That's lovely. Thanks, Kate. So, there's some progress there and some helpful responses. I think we'll probably want to, as a committee, keep this under review, going forward—keep a good eye on this. Thank you, Kate. Are we happy to agree with those comments…
, 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 for that. We look forward to receiving it. So, on that basis, we move on to item 5.2, which is SL(6)238, the Agricultural Wages (No. 2) (Wales) Order 2022. We have letters of 20 October and 6 October accompanying this and, of course, a report. Now…
, 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
We move on to item No. 5, instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3 that we've previously considered. The first of these is item 5.1, SL(6)260, the Marine, Fisheries and Aquaculture (Financial Assistance)…
