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Plaid Cymru Debate: Bus services
Would you give way on that point?
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Bus services
Thanks to Plaid Cymru for bringing this debate. Let’s be completely frank here: our bus industry is broken, and it is a bus industry. It is a private sector, commercially driven sector. That’s what it is. This is not municipal buses anymore, it’s not a…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Bus services
Would you give way on that point?
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Bus services
Would you give way on that point?
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Natural Resources Wales—Annual Scrutiny 2022-23'
There's very interesting stuff about improving bathing water qualities in some areas in the rivers. But I just wonder: what's more important—that, or good ecological status of the rivers? It would be nice to have both, but they're not the same.
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Natural Resources Wales—Annual Scrutiny 2022-23'
I'm going to begin with a point of agreement and a point of disagreement with Janet. We're fellow members of the committee. One is that there is, as we all say with that rhetoric, a climate crisis; there's also a biodiversity crisis as well. I agree with that…
, Plenary
The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Single Transferable Vote) (Wales) Rules 2023
The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021, as the Minister has outlined already, includes provisions enabling principal councils, if they so decide, to conduct their elections using the single transferable vote system—the STV system—instead of the…
, Plenary
The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Single Transferable Vote) (Wales) Rules 2023
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd and Minister. Thank you very much. We considered these draft rules yesterday, and our report is available from today’s agenda to inform Members in this afternoon’s debate.
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Update on Taith—The International Learning Exchange Programme for Wales
Minister, as my colleague Alun Davies has just mentioned, the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee was out in Brussels recently, and Taith featured regularly in our discussions with EU colleagues. And, indeed, it was on the agenda too for some very…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, I'd welcome a statement on progress towards better passenger information for buses throughout Wales and whether the forthcoming legislation on buses, together with 'Llwybr Newydd: the Wales transport strategy 2021', will give the opportunity to…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, over the last few days we've had a series of attacks by Conservatives on policies that simply don't exist, except in their own minds. The Conservatives are apparently going to stop the 'meat tax'. What meat tax? They're going to scrap…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
So, colleagues, with that, if you're happy now to move into private session, can I put to you the motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting and that we'll move into private? Are you happy? We are.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
And then, colleagues, finally within the public session, we also have some correspondence to note. I'll take these in order. There are two items to note. First of all, there's a letter from the Welsh Language Commissioner, under item 5.1, in which she…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Inter-institutional relations agreement
So, if we're content with those, we can move on to item 4, where we have notifications and correspondence under the inter-institutional relations agreement. The first in this section is item 4.1. We have a written statement and correspondence from the…
, 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
We'll then go on to item 3, which is instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3 that we have previously considered. We have three items to look at under this section. The first of those is item 3.1, SL(6)379…
, 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, Kate. I think colleagues are happy to agree that reporting point.
, 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, are you happy to agree those reporting points while we await the Welsh Government response? We are. Thank you. On to item 2.5 then, SL(6)386, the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023, and…
, 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, Kate. We're back in the correct order now. Item 2.3, colleagues, you're content with that; Kate has explained it already. We went, I think, in the wrong order there. I think we can agree the reporting point there. That takes us then on to…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Oh, my apologies. My apologies, indeed. My apologies there. I skipped straight on to 2.3 there. So, can I return then to item 2.2, please? So, SL(6)384, the Standards Committees (Grant of Dispensations) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, and, Alun, thank…
, 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, Kate. Colleagues, unless you want to leap in, I'll take it that we are agreeing that reporting point there.
, 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, Kate. Unless colleagues have any points they want to raise on that, I think we can agree those reporting points. We'll go on to item 2.3, SL(6)385, the Rating Lists (Valuation Date) (Wales) Order 2023, and, again, we have a draft report in our…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
So, with that, we'll go straight to our first substantive item, which is item 2, which is instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3. And the first of these is a made negative resolution instrument, SL(6)383…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Prynhawn da. Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to this afternoon's session of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee. We're meeting in virtual format today, but, as per normal, all of the Standing Orders and procedures apply to this meeting as…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Future of Welsh Steel
Is primary blast furnace steel making dead within the UK?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Future of Welsh Steel
—what's the minimal offer to keep some jobs available without closing the plant? Is that what it finally comes down to?
