, 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…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Inter-institutional relations agreement
So, with that being said, we'll go on to the first substantive part of our business today, which is item 2, and that is the inter-institutional relations agreement. Under item 2.1, you'll note that we have correspondence from the First Minister on the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome to this virtual meeting of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee. You'll notice this is a virtual meeting, and on our screens today we are fully quorate, but we have a substitution today. We are delighted to have with us James Evans as a…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome to you all.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Prynhawn da. Good afternoon, everybody.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 3
Thanks, Chair. Just one final question, and it is to Gemma, and you've partly answered this, because I get from your answer the excitement around being engaged now within Wales transport policy for the first time in years as a serious player, embedded within…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 3
Thanks, Chair. One of the benefits of running a whole day of sessions hearing evidence is that you get different views. I just want to push back to you what we heard earlier this morning, in an earlier session, where I raised exactly this issue, that it could…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 3
Yes, thanks, Chair. There seems to be a consistent pattern coming across now from all of our evidence sessions of the need to do the whole piece there, including ways to incentivise people to get out of their cars and to incentivise people to get on to public…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 3
Thank you, Chair. Just briefly, Josh, I wonder if I can pick up on your point about the 2030 idea of getting back to where passenger numbers are. Why so long? And have you run different scenarios on this to see if anything could be done to change that, and to…
