12 July 2023 , Plenary
Debate on the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee Report—Common Frameworks
Diolch, Llywydd. As Members will know, the Governments of the UK have agreed to establish common frameworks to manage divergence and devolved policy areas previously governed by the EU. They are deemed by the UK and the devolved Governments as necessary to…
12 July 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Minister, I know you've had lots of representations and, indeed, engagement with Wales Environment Link and many others on the specific issue of access. If the SFS is right, it can help improve access; if the detail is wrong, it could worsen access to the…
12 July 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
2. How will the sustainable farming scheme deliver better recreational access to the countryside? OQ59814
12 July 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I draw Members' attention to my long-standing honorary role as vice-president of Ramblers Cymru.
11 July 2023 , Plenary
The Packaging Waste (Data Collection and Reporting) (Wales) Regulations 2023
Members will be aware that this is the third version of these regulations to be laid before the Senedd. Earlier versions had previously been withdrawn following consideration by our committee and our identification of a number of issues with the previous…
11 July 2023 , Plenary
The Packaging Waste (Data Collection and Reporting) (Wales) Regulations 2023
Thank you, Chair, and thank you, Minister, too. We considered these regulations on 3 July. Our report contains 13 reporting points—five technical points and eight merits points. I'm grateful to the Minister for her response.
11 July 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Progress on the roll-out of the new curriculum
Diolch, Gadeirydd. You and I, Minister, have seen first-hand the way in which schools in the Bridgend area have engaged with the new curriculum, so it's great to have this statement today. One of the things you won't see, and you're more than welcome to come…
11 July 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: Government response to the second phase of the sustainable farming scheme co-design
We were out recently with Gemma Haines, I mentioned, discussing very much tenant farming and new entrants; great to see that Bridgend College is part of the working group. I wonder if you can tell us a bit more about that. And just finally, no mention of…
11 July 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: Government response to the second phase of the sustainable farming scheme co-design
Minister, as has been mentioned, the crux of success of this is whether it's sufficiently attractive for farmers, but also sufficiently challenging so that it's a win for farmers, but also a win for the environment and wildlife and biodiversity as well. And…
11 July 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, I'm delighted to hear that active engagement, because, buoyed by sales of knee and hip replacements and improving procedure rates, Zimmer Biomet started this year with, 'a phenomenal quarter where pretty much everything went better than…
11 July 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
1. What representations will the First Minister make to the UK Government to support the case for retaining Zimmer Biomet jobs in Bridgend? OQ59813
10 July 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
In fact, that brings us now to item 8, which is our usual motion, under Standing Order 17.42, to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting. Are you happy to move into private? We will move into private session, then, please.
10 July 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Item 7.2, we have correspondence from the Minister for Climate Change to the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee, this time in relation to the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill. The Minister notes that she's been made…
10 July 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
We move on, then, to papers to note. We have several papers to note. I'll go through them, colleagues, and stop me if you want to on any of these. For the public record, under item 7.1, we have correspondence from the Minister for Climate Change to the…
10 July 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Inter-institutional relations agreement
We move on, then, to item 6, where we have notifications and correspondence under the inter-institutional relations agreement. under 6.1, the one item here we have is correspondence from the Minister for Finance and Local Government in relation to the…
10 July 2023 , 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 move to item 5, where we have instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under those Standing Orders 21.2 or 21.3 that we have previously considered. We have one item here, item 5.1, SL(6)365, the Education (Student Finance)…
10 July 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Are we happy to agree that? It seems fairly straightforward. Thank you. We are.
10 July 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Welcome back again. After a brief rearrangement here of our officials and seating plans, we come back into session of this afternoon's committee. We proceed now, after the two evidence sessions that we've had, with our regular business. We'll move to item 4…
10 July 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you, Counsel General, and thank you very much indeed to your colleagues.
10 July 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you very much, and do take the message back that the only reason that we're sticklers for detail is because that's our job as this committee. We want to thank you again for giving us so much time—you and your officials as well. Thank you for sharing the…
10 July 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Okay, we've got 20 seconds left, and I was going to bring—. Adam, I think I'm not going to be able to bring you back in here now. But, Alun, did you have anything final that you wanted to add? Very briefly.
10 July 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Yes. No, no, that's good. The reason we want to bolt that down is because, sometimes, we want to avoid a situation where there's a temptation for Welsh Government to say, 'There's a convenient Bill that sort of has a title of one we were thinking of, broadly…
10 July 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Okay. But it's helpful to have that assurance on the record, that the scope of the policy framework in Wales and the legislation that defines rights for certain citizens, and so on, that that is part of the consideration before saying, 'We will work with you…
10 July 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
That's great. Good.
10 July 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
And I can see your colleague is nodding away assiduously. So, this happens.
