18 March 2024 , 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
Noted. Okay, are we happy to agree that, colleagues? We are. Good. Thank you, Kate.
18 March 2024 , 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
That's great. Thank you very much, Kate. I think on that basis we're happy to agree that. And then we'll go to the final one in this section, item 4.3, SL(6)463, the Plant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2024. Again, we have a…
18 March 2024 , 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
Thank you, Kate. We might return later in business to the issue of how corrections are done and so on, but, for the moment, colleagues, are you happy to note those reporting points there? Yes. Okay, great. We'll go on to item 4.2, then, in the same section…
18 March 2024 , 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
So, we'll go on to item 4, then, which is instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3 that we've previously considered. We have a few items here to look at. The first of these is item 4.1, SL(6)456, the…
18 March 2024 , 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, Kate. Thank you very much. Colleagues, are you content with those reporting points? We are.
18 March 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
In which case, we'll go onto item 3, instruments that do raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3. There's only one item that we need to consider today, and it's item 3.1, a made negative resolution instrument: SL(6)465, the…
18 March 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
So, we'll go straight on, then, to our first substantive item, item 2, which is instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3. The first of these is item 2.1 and it's a made negative resolution instrument: SL(6)464, the Building…
18 March 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome to this virtual meeting of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee. Just as a point to note at the start of this, Alun Davies had kindly agreed to act as temporary Chair, and that was on the basis of the UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership…
18 March 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good afternoon and welcome, everyone.
13 March 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: UK Government budget
I hope it's timely, because I was really unfair earlier on, I have to say—I have to say—because some of the independent analysis does indeed show that workers on average will be better off. In fact, some of the independent analysis that I've got in front of…
13 March 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: UK Government budget
Will she note that it was failed to be answered adequately in my intervention previously on the Conservative speaker that the effect, actually, of this freeze on the income tax thresholds till 2028 means more and more people on the lowest earnings are now…
13 March 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: UK Government budget
Would the Minister give way?
13 March 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: UK Government budget
What does he make of the independent analysis of the budget that shows that, because of fiscal drag—in other words, people being dragged into the lower income tax rate—actually, for those who earn less than £26,000 a year—the majority of my constituents, in…
13 March 2024 , Plenary
90-second Statements
Thank you, everyone.
13 March 2024 , Plenary
90-second Statements
Diolch, Llywydd. Today is Swallow Awareness Day. We often take for granted our ability to have a drink or share a meal with family and friends. It's something you just do. But, for some, that is not the case. Swallow Awareness Day reminds us that eating…
12 March 2024 , Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Llywydd. I've spent the afternoon being complimentary to Ministers, and, Minister, when I make some of my remarks, it's not about you personally, but you'll be familiar with our approach generally, particularly around things like…
12 March 2024 , Plenary
& 12. Legislative Consent Motion on the Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill—motion 1, and Legislative Consent Motion on the Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill—motion 2
Diolch, Llywydd. Minister, thank you very much for your full and detailed response here today, but also within the Welsh Government's report as well. It's really, genuinely, very helpful. As you know, we laid our report on the Welsh Government's memoranda in…
12 March 2024 , Plenary
The Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Amendment) and Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Act 2016 (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024
Our report contains two merits reporting points, only one of which required a Government response. Our first reporting point simply notes that section 25 of the Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Act 2016 provides that the Welsh Revenue Authority must pay…
12 March 2024 , Plenary
The Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Amendment) and Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Act 2016 (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024
Thank you, Llywydd, and thank you, Minister, as well. We considered these draft regulations on 4 March, and I now take the opportunity to thank the Minister for the Government response.
12 March 2024 , Plenary
The Special School Residential Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2024
These regulations will replace, as the Minister has said, the national minimum standards for residential special schools made under section 23(1) of the Care Standards Act 2000, and set the quality standards against which special school residential services…
12 March 2024 , Plenary
The Special School Residential Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2024
Thank you, Llywydd. We considered these draft regulations on 4 March, and we subsequently considered the Welsh Government’s response to our reporting points at our meeting yesterday afternoon.
12 March 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Regional Integration Fund
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I really welcome the statement today to see how this work is progressing, and I note that there are two examples you refer to in your statement within the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board area. One of them, and I've seen it…
12 March 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill
The issue of Senedd competence in this matter was always likely to be contested. As the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee will turn its attention to this Bill, as Chair, I will withhold commenting on this issue at the moment, although I should…
12 March 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I thank the First Minister for that answer. Now, understandably and rightly, we often have a particular focus in Wales on the issue of poverty, either at an individual level or a community level, and not least, I have to say, when we're faced with a…
12 March 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
8. How is the Welsh Government narrowing social and economic inequalities? OQ60804
