19 January 2022 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The cost of living
Diolch, Lywydd. Surely no-one can be unaware of the cost-of-living crisis that now threatens to engulf many of our constituents, except perhaps the occupants of No. 10. Inflation has leaped to 5.4 per cent, its highest level in almost 30 years. It's driven by…
19 January 2022 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: COVID restrictions
Well, no, actually, because, Laura, we're all fed up to the back teeth with the measures in response to COVID. Every one of us is, because of the impact on our families, on businesses and so on. But one of the lessons, wouldn't you agree, that we learnt from…
19 January 2022 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: COVID restrictions
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd.
19 January 2022 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: COVID restrictions
Russell, thanks very much for taking that intervention. I, like many people, follow the Welsh Conservatives' social media, and the fact you're taking credit for this—. Fair play to you. But one person noticed, in response to that, that it was the equivalent…
18 January 2022 , Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Motion 1 and Legislative Consent Motion on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Motion 2
I'd like to open my remarks by making some very general observations about our experiences with the reporting on these memoranda in respect of our committee's remit. The Minister reflected in her opening remarks on the complexity of the process of this UK…
18 January 2022 , Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Motion 1 and Legislative Consent Motion on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Motion 2
Thank you once again, Llywydd. We have published three reports on the four memoranda laid by the Welsh Government with regard to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill of the UK Government.
18 January 2022 , Plenary
Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Legal Aid and Access to Justice
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Llywydd. Counsel General, the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee welcomes the statement today. It's in a very important area of policy. It's a pleasure as well to follow on from the comments of my committee colleagues, Rhys…
18 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, I'm glad to see this question, and, certainly, the cross-party group on active travel has set up an expert panel to help inform the Government of stakeholders' views in terms of the review as well. But can I just thank the Government for their…
17 January 2022 , 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, colleagues, if I could propose, under item 7, a motion to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting under Standing Order 17.42. Are you happy to do so? We are, and we'll move to private session. As normal, we'll just wait…
17 January 2022 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Now, as per normal, we’re going to turn now to some papers to note, some of which we’ll want to come back to in private session. We’ll just run through them here and pick up any issues with them that we need to at the moment. First of all, item 6.1…
17 January 2022 , 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
Thanks, Alun. We will do that, then. Some of the areas we cover do not excite a great deal of interest from the public at large, but this is one where they would have wanted it to have been, when it is made available, after delays in it being made…
17 January 2022 , 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
Thanks very much. Okay. Alun.
17 January 2022 , 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
Would it be appropriate then for the committee to not only note the Government's response to the report, but to respond to them and suggest that they pick up this technical glitch that they have? People will want to see that information. In terms of…
17 January 2022 , 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
Well. Okay. Aside from noting the Government response to the report, is there anything we need to do on that, Gareth? Has that problem been rectified now, do we know?
17 January 2022 , 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
There we are. We're always happy when the Government accepts the errors that we pointed out. So, are we happy with that? We are very happy. Thank you for that. That takes us on to SL(6)118, the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales)…
17 January 2022 , 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're moving on rapidly then to instruments that do raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Orders 21.2 and 21.3 that we've previously considered. The first of these is SL(6)102, the Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment)…
17 January 2022 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
So, that's SL(6)114, the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2022—the same thing applies, Gareth, yes? Okay. But that is not unexpected, so, on the basis of that, we're happy to agree to those reporting points. We are. Okay.
17 January 2022 , 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 very much. So, colleagues, unless you have any comments, are we happy to agree that? We are, yes. Okay. And then we turn to a composite negative resolution instrument, SL(6)115, the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order…
17 January 2022 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Okay. On that basis, colleagues, are we happy to note those reporting points and wait on the final response? There we are. Thank you, Gareth—we are. We'll turn now then to made affirmative resolution instruments, starting with SL(6)123, the Official Controls…
17 January 2022 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Okay. Have we had any Government response on that? We haven't? No. Okay. So, do we need to pick up any areas, then, with Government on that because we haven't had that response, or do we just wait on it?
17 January 2022 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
On that basis, I suspect we're happy to note and agree that report. We are. Thank you. So, it takes us on to SL(6)126, the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information to Travellers) (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments)…
17 January 2022 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
We turn to item No. 4, instruments that do raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3. The first of these is a made negative resolution instrument, which is SL(6)121, the Education (School Day and School Year) (Wales)…
17 January 2022 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
So, we're going to head now into, as per normal, instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3. First of all, we have made negative resolution instruments, including, first of all, SL(6)116, the Additional Learning Needs and…
17 January 2022 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Right. Okay. Well, look, thank you for taking a bit of additional time with us as well. We wanted to just get into that area a little bit, but we will keep a focus on that with you, and I know you've signalled to us as well that you're keen to engage with us…
17 January 2022 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you very much, Alun, and for your responses there, Minister. You can see this is an area that we're going to keep a focus on, because we just want to make sure that Government can do its role, can perform its role and have the capacity to do that. But…
