, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Okay, thank you. Colleagues, are you happy with that, or are there any comments on it? We're content with that, Gareth. Thank you very much for that. Item 4.4, SL(6)134, the Renting Homes (Model Written Statements of Contract) (Wales) Regulations 2022. The…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Excellent. Okay. And I can see all colleagues are nodding in agreement with those reporting points. So, thank you, Gareth, for that. That takes us on to item 4.3, SL(6)132, the Renting Homes (Explanatory Information for Written Statements of Occupation…
, 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, Alun, for that, and for your declaration as well. Gareth, it seems that we're supportive of both of those reporting points there, and we look forward to seeing the Government response coming back to that. We'll pick that up again, Alun, depending…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
That's excellent. Thank you, Gareth. We haven't received the Government response yet, have we? No. Okay. Alun.
, 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 4, which is instruments that do raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Orders 21.2 or 21.3. The first of these is item 4.1, SL(6)130, the Renting Homes (Supported Standard Contracts) (Supplementary Provisions)…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thank you, Alun. Yes, indeed. Perhaps I should simply put on record that this legislation, the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016, is all to do with putting in place in regulations the matters and circumstances relating to whether a dwelling is fit for human…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
We'll turn, first of all, to instruments that we have in front of us today that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3. That brings us to item 3.1, SL(6)129, the Renting Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) (Wales) Regulations 2022. Our…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Okay. Well, that's a good place to end this session—on a note of hope and optimism that you can retrofit the inter-governmental new arrangements to remedy the white heat of the weekend. Thank you very much. Colleagues, is there anything else you wanted to…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
There we are. Thank you for that. We've been through a wide range of areas, so we'll probably write to you and colleagues, Counsel General, on some areas of detail that we might not have covered. But I just wonder, before we finish, if I were to ask you…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Okay, so there is some element of fluidity here, as we go forward over time, looking at those areas that have not, at the moment, been considered to be included. But for those areas that fall outside the common frameworks, how will Welsh Government engage in…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you, Peter, thank you very much. Counsel General, we're getting towards the end of questions here, but I wonder if I can ask about the number of areas that are covered by common frameworks that were previously governed at the EU level. The majority…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you, Rhys. It definitely won't be. I think we'll all be reading this document in great detail there and coming back to this. But, Peter, let's go on to you.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Okay. Thank you, Counsel General, and thanks, Alun, that's a good suggestion. We look forward to getting some more detail from you on your thoughts on that, Counsel General. We'll go on with Rhys, please.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Okay. Thank you for that. Thank you very much. Alun, we'll come back to you to take us on, please.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
So, accepting that it hasn't been tested yet and we wouldn't want it to be tested, ideally, you've applied your great brain power to this in anticipation that it may happen. What would be the scenario? How would the four Governments work together on this…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I can see Paul nodding with you there.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thanks, Rhys. Thank you very much. Counsel General, the question I'm going to ask may seem like a very technical one, but it's a very important one and it goes to the complexity of some of these issues as well. If there is a change, driven from Northern…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Robert, did you want to come in on that?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you very much, Alun. And we'll go on to Rhys, please.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thanks, Peter. Alun, over to you.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
There we are. Sorry, Peter; my bad for interrupting you there.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Okay. The obvious follow-on from that is: if they're not all done, what then?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Sorry, Peter, I just wonder if I could ask on a point of clarification there—. We're picking up the impression that you think things will be completed by the end of March.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you very much. That's really helpful, outlining the remaining timetable there. Sorry, it was remiss of me at the beginning not to introduce your colleagues there, Counsel General: Rob Parry, deputy director of European transition legislation, and Paul…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Okay, thank you. If colleagues will understand, I think there might be points relating to the questions we wanted to ask on this that you can come back on, but we'll proceed to the areas that we need to cover with you that we had anticipated covering with you…
