, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Good afternoon and welcome, everyone.
, Plenary
Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Codes of Welsh law: A programme to improve the accessibility of Welsh law
Diolch, Llywydd. I really welcome this statement this afternoon, and also the debate that has ensued and the comments, because it shows that, far from being a dry and arcane piece of Tuesday afternoon business here, it actually goes to the heart of trying to…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Rural Affairs, North Wales, and Trefnydd: Future Farming Policy and the Sustainable Farming Scheme
I really do welcome this statement today. Sometimes, we have statements in this place that don't take us a lot further forward. This one today really does, and it does it in two ways: (1) in terms of giving, I think, some really good reassurance of the…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I thank the First Minister for that answer, and one of the things that gave me greatest pleasure over a decade ago was being part of the committee in Westminster that brought into being the police community support officers. It was a long, arduous committee…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
5. What are the Welsh Government’s plans to improve community safety in Ogmore? OQ56855
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Okay. Item No. 6 we then come to, which is the motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting. Are Members happy to do so? In which case, we now move into a private session, and if I ask Members just to…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
In which case we go on to item no. 5, which is papers to note, and we'll come back to discuss any of these relevant ones in private session, then, subsequently. So, we have item 5.1, correspondence with the First Minister on the scrutiny of regulations…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Okay. Are we happy to note and agree that report? Thank you very much.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Okay, and we're quite familiar with that in respect of some of these. Can I ask for Members' agreement that they're content to note the report? Agreed? Yes, thank you very much. Item 4.2, SL(6)046, the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) (No. 3)…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
So, we turn to item 4, which is instruments that do raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3, and under this we have, first of all, a made negative resolution instrument, and if anybody watching in on this is confused as to…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
The first part of that will be to turn to our statutory instruments under item No. 3, and these are instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3. They, in effect, have clear reports, and the first one is item 3.1, SL(6)043, the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
We'll give you just a couple of minutes now for you to virtually leave us—just a few moments. Thank you very much. We're still in public session, and just to explain to people watching in what happens now, at this end of this session, subsequently, we will go…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
A very interesting answer and a very interesting session as well. Thank you, Minister and Counsel General. It's been very wide ranging, but I think strange as it may seem, it's right, probably, to say we've enjoyed this and I think anybody looking in on this…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Wonderful. Thank you, Counsel General. We will definitely let you get away on time. I just want to ask one question, following a theme that's come from Rhys and from others: the issue of capacity here within the Senedd but also within Government as well. You…
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Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
We won't keep you that long, I promise, but we didn't want to let you go without bringing in an interesting final question, perhaps, from Jayne.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you very much. Minister, how are you doing? Are you okay just for a couple of minutes longer?
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Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Peter, thank you very much, and Minister. This is the best committee in the world; you've pulled us back on time admirably, colleagues. You've done really well, which means that we do have time now to turn to two important areas. One is quite a substantive…
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Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Rhys, that was brilliant. Thank you very much indeed. And with that, we'll move on to Peter.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Okay. Thank you very much. We'll come back to that in future sessions. First, Rhys, on to you.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Okay. Now, that is really helpful and I think we'd appreciate, as a committee, being kept up to speed, as alive as you can possibly make it, on where those discussions are going and where the outcomes are likely to come to. It would be great if we were…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
So, can we come to the thing you've touted a few times: the inter-governmental relations review? We just want to know how this is coming on. Do you share the Prime Minister's view that it's pretty much ready to be concluded? Do you think that there's support…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you, Jayne, and thank you, Minister. Now, then, we're probably about half way through the questions we want to ask you, but we've swallowed up more than half the time, so I'm going to try and lead by example now and be really snappy, Minister, and I…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you, Rhys. Jayne, back to you.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you. Jayne, all yours.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Jayne, before you proceed, I wonder, Rhys, did you want to come in on this?
