, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2022-23 and Interim Report: Evidence session
That's brilliant. Thank you, Chair. It's in respect of the annual plan and the interim report for 2021-22. The report notes that the audit work programme is broadly on track—98 per cent of audit products have so far been delivered by the statutory deadline as…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2022-23 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Okay, thank you very much for that. I've got one final question, Chair. It'll need to be fairly brief, there, it's in respect—
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2022-23 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Sorry, that's clearly not a Rottweiler you've got in the room behind you. [Laughter.] Could I just follow up that by asking, if you were to proceed with this, how you make sure that it's done in a fair and reasonable way, particularly in terms of fair…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2022-23 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Okay, thank you very much. We've got limited time remaining, but if I could just touch on a couple of areas as well, and one of those is proposals around switching fee-funded work to WCF funded. Now, on that proposal, I'm just wondering what discussion you've…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2022-23 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Thank you for that. Adrian, I wonder if you can touch on the point there about the reprioritisation, because clearly, from Nic's response there, this would not mean in any way deprioritising your core work.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2022-23 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Okay, thank you for that. I think the committee will probably take some reassurance from what you've said this morning. Can I turn to the other issue that you've flagged where there's significant uncertainty, and that's in respect of the volume of work in the…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2022-23 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Okay, well, that is quite reassuring, although, I know that you'll keep an eye on this, going forward, and you'll clearly want to inform not only Welsh Government but the committee as well if that changes. But, from what you're saying, there are some quite…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2022-23 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Thank you, Chair, and good morning, everybody. I'd like to turn to some of the areas of uncertainty in the budget and the year ahead that you've identified, and two in particular, relating to pay and recruitment and also the volume of work. You've suggested…
, Plenary
Debate: Remembering and supporting our Armed Forces community in Wales
It is right that we as a Senedd show the respect and the recognition of the sacrifice that our armed forces personnel, men and women, have made over many, many years, and we will stand together in the coming days and on Remembrance Sunday to remember the…
, Plenary
The Representation of the People (Amendment) (Wales) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations 2021
As the Minister has already said, these regulations allow for electors to apply for an emergency proxy vote at certain local government by-elections held between the coming into force of these regulations and 28 March 2022. This will allow the electors to…
, Plenary
The Representation of the People (Amendment) (Wales) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations 2021
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. We considered these regulations at our meeting yesterday, following a request from the Welsh Government to expedite our scrutiny, and our report to the Senedd contains two merits reporting points.
, Plenary
The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 19) Regulations 2021
So, on this occasion, we agreed to write to the Welsh Government to seek clarification, and to highlight the importance of Welsh citizens being able to understand the law that applies to them. Thank you very much, Llywydd.
, Plenary
The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 19) Regulations 2021
Our report raised what Members will now recognise as quite familiar merits points under Standing Order 21.3, namely highlighting any potential interference with human rights, and the lack of formal consultation and equality impact assessment for the…
, Plenary
The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 19) Regulations 2021
Thank you very much, Llywydd, and I speak as the committee Chair now. We considered these regulations at our meeting yesterday, following a request from the Welsh Government to expedite our scrutiny, and our report was laid immediately afterwards.
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I seek your wise counsel on how we can get a very specific matter raised here in the Siambr. It could be through a debate on community land ownership, or, indeed, the role of the Crown Estate, or something else that could help resolve a long-standing issue in…
, 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, we move to item No. 5, which is the motion under Standing Order 17.42, resolving to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting, so that we can get on with our business now in private. Do Members agree now to move into private session?…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
That takes us on to item No. 4, the papers to note that are in front of us this week. We have, under item 4.1, correspondence with Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd related to the evidence session on the Commission on Justice in Wales report. I ask Members to note the…
, 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. We're very familiar with these. Thank you very much. Are we happy to agree the 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 would be good. Okay. And I think we've got agreement from committee members, from Peter and Rhys. Lovely. We'll do that. Are there any other items relating to this, Gareth, from our lawyers' perspective, or is that it? Thank you very much. Okay. That…
, 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 for that, Gareth. The point that I want to draw Members' attention to is some of the wording, in addition to the merits points, in the written statement, and the word 'must'. We're very familiar in drafting terms with the use of 'must'…
, 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 again for that, Gareth. Are we happy to note those reporting points? There we are, and we're agreed on that. Thank you very much. That takes us on to item 3.3, which is SL(6)069, the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales)…
, 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 very much, Gareth. Are we happy to agree those reporting points there? We are. Thank you very much. Thank you, Gareth. Excellent. That brings us on, then, to an affirmative resolution instrument, item 3.2, SL(6)067, the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
That brings us to item No. 3, instruments that do raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3, and under this we have item 3.1, SL(6)071, the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions, International Travel, Notification and…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
That brings us straight on to the main items today. Under item No. 2, we have an instrument that raises no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3, and this is a made-negative resolution instrument, SL(6)066, the Agricultural Holdings (Units of…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Prynhawn da a chroeso, bawb. Welcome, everybody, to this virtual meeting of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee. As per normal, the meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv, and the Record of Proceedings will be published as usual. Just to…
