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Legislative Consent Motion on the Building Safety Bill
Thank you very much, Llywydd, and thank you, Deputy Minister. We have produced two reports covering four consent memoranda that have been laid by the Minister for Climate Change on this Bill. The first was completed last December, and the second was laid…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Homes for Ukraine scheme update
Thank you, acting Presiding Officer, and I do only have one short question. But I just want to reflect—. Jane Dodds will know the Ystradgynlais miners' welfare hall very well. We have a proud tradition in this country of supporting asylum seekers, refugees…
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Questions to the First Minister
Recognising that there is an 8 per cent rise in terms of inflation at this moment, it totally wipes it out. Deputy Llywydd, I've said before in this Chamber that sometimes it feels like swimming against the tide of the UK Government. First Minister, how can…
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Questions to the First Minister
The Chancellor, First Minister, had hardly sat back down on the green benches before the criticism tore apart his spring budget statement, and it didn't only come from some backbench Tory MPs; it came from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, from the Resolution…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
So, unless there's anything else Members want to raise right now, we can move, under Standing Order 17.42, to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting. Are we happy to do so and move into private session? We are. Thank you very much…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
We have some papers, then, to note. First of all, under item 7.1, just to note a letter from the Minister for Social Justice, providing the committee with an update on the progress of the Nationality and Borders Bill at the UK Parliament, and the Welsh…
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Inter-institutional relations agreement
It brings us on to item 6, the inter-institutional relations agreement. I'd just ask Members, under 6.1, to note the committee's response to the First Minister's letter, informing it of the first meeting of the inter-ministerial standing committee, which the…
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Common frameworks
Which brings us then on to common frameworks, under item 5. And I draw your attention to the letter from the Health and Social Care Committee to the Minister for Health and Social Services, outlining the committee's views on these provisional common…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
We'll go on then to item 4, instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3 that we have previously considered as a committee. And the first of these comes under item 4.1, SL(6)118, the Health Protection…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
That's great. In which case I'm sure we'll be happy to note and agree those. Thank you, Gareth.
, 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. In which case, I think we'll be happy to note and agree that. And it brings us to our final item under section 3, which is item 3.7, SL(6)186, the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 8) Regulations 2022…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thank you very much, Gareth. I think we'll be happy to note that and agree that. That brings us on to item 3.6, a made affirmative resolution instrument, which is SL(6)185, the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 7)…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thanks for that. We're familiar with that. I think we'll be happy to note that. That brings us on to a composite negative resolution instrument, item 3.5, which is SL(6)180, the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations 2022. There's a…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thank you, Gareth. Are we content to note and agree those points? Thank you very much. Thank you, Gareth. That takes us then on to a made affirmative resolution under item 3.4, SL(6)182, the Coronavirus Act 2020 (Alteration of Expiry Date) (Wales) Regulations…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Yes, my apologies for that. Sorry about that. Item 3.3 is the third in this set of made negative resolutions here, SL(6)178, the Renting Homes (Safeguarding Property in Abandoned Dwellings) (Wales) Regulations 2022. Again, these fall under the Renting Homes…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
[Inaudible.]—to note that. Sorry, my apologies, I think something went wrong with the sound then. Do we have any comments from colleagues or are we happy to note and agree that? We are. Okay, thank you very much. Thanks, Gareth, and we note that we're…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Okay. So, for the moment, colleagues, if I can ask you if you agree the reporting points we've identified. We do. Okay. Thank you, Gareth. That'll bring us on to a few of these that are related under the same Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016. The next one is…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Okay. Thank you very much, Gareth. Would we be expecting a response from Ministers on that, and what would our next step be then?
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
We move on to item 3, instruments that do raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 and 21.3. We've got a few to look at here, the first of which is a made negative resolution instrument, under item 3.1 on our agenda. This is…
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Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
We'll go straight into business today. The first substantial item is under item 2, which is instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3. Here we have just the one item. It's in you papers under item 2.1, SL(6)176. It's a made…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Prynhawn da. Good afternoon. Croeso, bawb. Welcome to this afternoon's meeting of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee. As you can see, we're meeting in virtual session this afternoon, but as per normal, even though we're meeting in virtual…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
That brings us, then, rapidly, today—it doesn't always work like that—to item No.7, a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting. So, we move into private. Are we happy to do so? We are. Good. We'll…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
That takes us, then, on to item 6, which is papers to note. We have, under item 6.1, a written statement by the First Minister in respect of publication of the terms of reference for the UK-wide COVID-19 public inquiry. And with that, for public record, we…
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Inter-institutional relations agreement
That's a really good point, Alun. You've put it forward now. I think, Members, we can consider that when we go into private session. But I think it's definitely worthy of consideration because it's a timely moment to do it. Who knows, he might even have it on…
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Inter-institutional relations agreement
That takes us onto item 5 in respect of the inter-institutional relations agreement. Under 5.1, we have correspondence from the First Minister in respect of the inter-institutional relations agreement, in which he confirms that the first meeting of the…