, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Common frameworks
And then we move on, as we normally do, to item 7, common frameworks. Item 7.1, the provisional framework for the public health protection and health security framework. We note the letter from the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee in respect of…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Written statements under Standing Order 30C
Gareth, I think we got most of what you said. Can I just check with colleagues? Are you having difficulty with some of the transmission? You are. I think we got most of what you said then, though, Gareth. That's fine. Any comments from Members or are we happy…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Written statements under Standing Order 30C
That takes us, then, to item number 6, written statements under Standing Order 30C. Item 6.1, WS-30C(6)004, we have the UK Statistics (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021, together with a written statement by the Welsh Government from 24 November and a…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Subordinate legislation that raises no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.7
That takes us on, then, to item 5. We've got quite a bit this afternoon, as people looking in will see, as we go through all of this. We have subordinate legislation that raises no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.7, so this is subordinate legislation…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Excellent. Thank you, Gareth. In which case I assume that we will be happy with those reporting points. We are.
, 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. I'm guessing that we are content with that report and the reporting points. We are. Thank you, Gareth. That takes us on, then, to item 4.11, which is SL(6)089, the Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Wales) Rules 2021. This…
, 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 great. Thank you, Gareth and, I think, from the signals of assent that we’ve got there with heads nodding, we’d be happy with that suggestion that you put forward. Thank you very much. Okay. That takes us on then to our draft affirmative resolution…
, 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. Are we happy to note and agree the reporting points? We are. Thank you very much. That deals with that group. We'll then move on to another group of two, again related. Under item 4.8, we have SL(6)100, the Health Protection…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
There we are. Well, I think we appreciate the heads-up and we welcome that heads-up from Welsh Government in respect of this. I assume that we're happy to note the reporting points and agree them. We are. Okay. That brings us forward, then, and I'm going to…
, 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 for that. Are we content to agree the report? We are, thank you. Okay. Thank you very much, Gareth. That brings us on to item 4.3 in respect of SL(6)092, the Valuation for Rating (Wales) (Coronavirus) (Revocation) Regulations 2021. There are a…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thanks, Alun. I can see signals of assent, as well, with that from Rhys and Peter as well. So, Gareth, if we could do that. But I think we're in agreement with the report as you have it there, and it's good to see Welsh Government trying to correct some of…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
There we are. Thank you. Alun.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Gareth, thank you very much. Before I invite any comments, do we need to pick up at all on that issue of the timing of any correcting of the regulations? The Welsh Government response seems to have been quite helpful in a couple of ways there, but that…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
We'll go on to item 4, instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3. And under this, we have item 4.1, it's a made negative resolution instrument, SL(6)087, the Education (European University Institute) (Wales)…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Proposed negative instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.3B
So, colleagues, we go on now to other items of business, and first of all, as per normal, we have under item 3 proposed negative instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.3B. Now, within that we have the European Union (Withdrawal)…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
I'll give you a couple of minutes now to leave the virtual room before we continue with our business in public this afternoon. I think they've all left.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you for that. We will write to you with some further very detailed questions as well—some very detailed and technical questions—which we would appreciate an answer to. And we'll obviously send the transcript for you to check for accuracy as well. Before…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Alun. Thank you very much indeed, and to you, Minister, as well. Now, Minister, interestingly we have blasted through a range of questions there, and many of them have been focused on the issue of scrutiny. We touched on the Henry VIII…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
You carry on, Alun.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you, Rhys. And with that, we'll move on to Part 4, and Alun.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you, Peter. Minister, we're going to move on to Part 3 of the Bill now. We're not ignoring Alun, I promise you, but we're going to go to Rhys first of all.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thanks, Gareth. I just wanted to check that. I'm having some technical issues. It's going okay for the moment, but if I do lose contact, then, Alun, if you're happy to take over temporarily while I try and reconnect there, will that be okay? Thanks, Alun…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Can I just check with Gareth, our committee clerk—can you hear me?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
That’s great. Thank you, Minister. And we’ll pass now on to Rhys.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
My final question related to that—. And you've held different positions within Welsh Government and within the Cabinet. This justification that runs through the statement of policy of, in quotes, ‘appropriate flexibility’—you’re comfortable with that as a…