, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
And that brings us, then, to section No. 7, which is papers to note. The first of these, under item 7.1, is the written statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution, and the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip in respect of…
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Inter-institutional relations agreement
Then we'll go on to item No. 6, notifications and correspondence under the inter-institutional relations agreement. We begin with item 6.1, where we have correspondence in our packs from the Minister for Economy in relation to the next meeting of the…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
No further comments. Are colleagues happy with this? Yes. Okay. Thank you very much.
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
We can go on, then, to item No. 5, which, as normal, are the instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3 that we've previously considered. We only have one item in this today, and it's item 5.1, referring to…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thank you very much. So, that brings us to the end of that section, colleagues.
, 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. Colleagues, if you're happy with those points—and thanks for rapidly turning around a brief response there to the Welsh Government response, which came in very late—we might consider that in private and how we follow that through. Thank…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thank you for 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, and we don't need a Welsh Government response on that. So, if we're happy to note that, item 4.7 is SL(6)409, the Plant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2023. We have a draft report in our pack. These…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thank you for that. So, if we're happy to agree those, we'll go on to item 4.6, which is SL(6)408, the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023. Members will recall that section 5 of the Retained EU…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thank you for that. If we're happy to agree those, then we'll move on to item 4.5, SL(6)407, the Prohibition on Disposal of Food Waste to Sewer (Civil Sanctions) (Wales) Order 2023. We have a draft report and, again, a written statement by the Minister for…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
—but our lawyers have identified seven technical and one merits reporting point. Kate.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Okay, so still pending the Welsh Government response, if we're happy to agree those reporting points, we'll go on, then, to item 4.4, SL(6)406, the Prohibition on the Incineration, or the Deposit in Landfill, of Specified Waste (Wales) Regulations 2023…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thank you very much. So, pending the response, are we happy to agree those reporting points? We are. We'll go on, then, to item 4.3, SL(6)405, the Waste Separation Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2023. In our packs, we have a draft report and a written…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Okay. Are we happy to agree those reporting points? We are. So, we'll go on, then, to item 4.2. It's an affirmative resolution instrument, SL(6)404, the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Civil Sanctions) (Wales) Regulations 2023. Again…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
We go on, then, to item No. 4, which is instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Orders 21.2 or 21.3. We begin with item 4.1, SL(6)402, the Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation)…
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Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Croeso nôl. We're coming back into public session here, continuing the session of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee this afternoon. Our witnesses today have disappeared, so we're going to move on to the next substantive item, which is item…
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Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Thank you very much. Colleagues, we'll take a short break now, then, to allow the Counsel General and colleagues to leave. And if we could resume at twenty to. So, we'll go into private now.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Okay, thank you. Well, we or future iterations of this committee will look forward to that consolidation in due course, sometime down the future. Can I thank you all very much for appearing in front of us today? I think we've covered pretty much all bases. We…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Okay, thank you. Final question, then—the explanatory memorandum contains a significant Keeling Schedule. Now, as you know, we focus very much on accessibility, as you do as well, Counsel General. So, what consideration have you given to making this…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Thank you for that explanation. Two final questions: one is, if the Bill is passed and enacted, when do you envisage that all provisions of the Bill and the accompanying subordinate legislation will be fully enforced?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Okay. Because I think we can cover, I think we can wrap up, most of what we want to do. I'll try and be quite quick. If I could turn to the general provision, section 67 provides for restrictions to apply to the making of regulations and Orders under the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Okay. Counsel General and colleagues, do you have two minutes? Two or three minutes.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
What happens if the name of this committee changes in the next Senedd? We talked about this in terms of another organisation forming part of this Bill. Things can happen in the future. This committee does periodically change its name.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Can I ask what happens if the name of this committee changes in the next Senedd?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
And just to add on that, is 'material changes' a concept that, for the non-lawyers of us, is very well understood, as opposed to 'inconsequential', et cetera, et cetera? You've used other terminology.
