, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
UK-EU governance inquiry: Evidence session
Diolch yn fawr. Alun, do you mind if I bring James in at this point? Because I think, as we've touched on inter-governmental relations, it might be useful—[Inaudible.]
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
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And Dr Royles.
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UK-EU governance inquiry: Evidence session
[Laughter.] My apologies, I am getting it totally wrong today; I think you may need a new Chair, colleagues.
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UK-EU governance inquiry: Evidence session
Who would like to pick that challenge up? Dr Lock, as your name has been taken in vain, we'll go to you first, and, then, we'll go to Dr Royles.
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Alun, let me come to you. I think it's a question of whether we should be delighted for the arrangements that have been made in Northern Ireland, or inordinately jealous, or both—I'm not sure—and what it means for the future. But Alun, you pursue this.
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And I wonder, does anybody have anything to add on how these processes are working in terms of the devolved apparatus as well, the role of devolved Governments, not only in the agreements but also in delivering on the ground? Who would like to pick that up?…
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Thank you for that. Dr Royles, I'll come to you for your thoughts on this opening question, setting the context of how well or otherwise things are functioning, but it strikes me on the transparency issue that we're quite used to in the pre-Brexit scenario…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
UK-EU governance inquiry: Evidence session
Okay, thank you. Thanks, Dr Whitten. Let's go to Professor Lock, please.
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UK-EU governance inquiry: Evidence session
Welcome back, everybody, to this afternoon's session of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee. We've been taking evidence this afternoon already on UK-EU governance. We've said goodbye to our previous list of witnesses, but we're delighted to…
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UK-EU governance inquiry: Evidence session
Good afternoon, and welcome back, all.
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UK-EU governance inquiry: Evidence session
What we will do now, if Members are content, is we will take a very short break here, just a very short break, to allow our panellists to leave virtually, and here in the committee room, and we need to actually test the audio then for our new panellists. So…
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So, thank you very much, everybody.
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Yes, very much, and we will of course take up the advice you gave a couple of times, to look at what other devolved nations and administrations are doing as well, and parliaments are doing within the UK sphere as well. Thank you, all three of you, very much…
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James.
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That's great. Thank you very much. Really succinct. Anything else from colleagues? No. But you've given us a lot of food for thought. Tom.
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Sorry. Take it as read.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
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Before Charles comes in, could we just pass the same question to Professor Fowler as well, for her thoughts on this lack of transparency, this black box? There's lots of information in a black box, of course, but it's all tucked away until somebody decodes it.
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Brilliant. Okay. In which case, Pred, we'll pass to you, then.
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Thank you very much indeed. James, was there anything else you wanted to touch on?
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Thank you. Tom.
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Charles, perhaps I could ask you: if such a thing were to happen, clearly this couldn't usurp the work of what is the UK DAG, so how does bespoke Welsh focus synchronise, dovetail, with a UK DAG?
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Yes, absolutely. We're all logging this away in our heads here, because it seems to me what you're arguing is that as the DAG and the post-EU structures evolve, there's a need for adequate resourcing at a UK level, but also some element of bespoke response on…
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Okay, thanks.
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Thank you very much. Pred, you wanted to come in on this.
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And perhaps if we can extend that to you as well, Charles, I notice in your paper you had some constructive criticisms, not in terms of just the UK DAG evolution, but also wider than that as well, in other DAGs—some lacking bite, lacking resource, et cetera…
