, 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, Jen. Have Members got anything to ask or add? No. Are we happy to agree the reporting points? I see that we are. Item 3.2, the Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026. These regulations update student…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Item 3, instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3. The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026. The regulations amend the 2023 National Health Service…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
On to item 2, instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2. The Online Safety Act 2023 (Exempt User-to-User and Search Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2026. These regulations update the Online Safety Act 2023 by removing references…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
No apologies have been received today. Are there any declarations of interest? I see none. The meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv and the Record of Proceedings will be published as usual. Please can Members ensure that all mobile devices are…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good afternoon. Welcome to this meeting of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Okay. Thank you for that. I'll just make a comment at the end. I think this is something that's going to explode, and it'll be a UK Government problem, not a Welsh Government problem, because they're underwriting it. It was never going to work. People aren't…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Okay. But the student loans, that really is different. If it was done by anybody else apart from Government, it would be a Ponzi. But the thing is that it's all underwritten, isn't it, and you have the loans going out and the money coming in. What am I…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Tell somebody who isn't an accountant that, and what they will say is that you have two things, don't you? You have the overall balance sheet and you have income and expenditure accounts. Outside those two, where does the complexity come in?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Thank you for that. I have just a couple of comments, which you may not wish to respond to. I think, if the company had gone into receivership, we should not have given the same answers that I've just heard now. So, I think that it doesn't fill me with…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Thank you for that.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Moving on now to other arm's-length bodies. After the review of only two arm's-length bodies, you told the committee you don't plan to restart the tailored review programme, with a delay in rolling out the self-assessment model. What has stopped the reviews…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Coming on to, perhaps, the most important bit, will people working and looking for support about advanced manufacturing sectors in Wales be affected by these changes?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
I'm coming on to it now. Can you tell us about the review of Industry Wales? Who carried out the review? How did the reviewer consult key stakeholders throughout each stage of the process? And what are the findings in summary form?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
If this was a business, it would be a wholly owned subsidiary of Welsh Government. It appears in the Welsh Government accounts. However you decide to manage it, as an arm's-length company, at the end of the day, am I right in saying it is Welsh Government's…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Diolch, Cadeirydd. The first question I've got is: what are your oversight arrangements for Industry Wales, and what action did you take after the Auditor General for Wales provided a qualified regulatory opinion on the 2022-23 accounts due to the company's…
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion: The Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
Diolch, Deputy Presiding Officer. The Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee considered the Welsh Government's legislative consent memorandum yesterday, and laid its report today. The Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill has been subject to…
, Plenary
The Renting Homes (Model Written Statements of Contract) (Wales) (Amendments etc.) Regulations 2026
Diolch, Deputy Presiding Officer. The Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee considered the draft regulations last week, and the Welsh Government’s response yesterday. The committee’s single reporting point seeks clarity from the Welsh Government…
, Plenary
The Closure of European Union Legacy Agriculture Schemes (Wales) Regulations 2026
Diolch, Deputy Presiding Officer. The Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee considered the draft regulations last week, and the Welsh Government’s response yesterday. The committee’s report contains five technical scrutiny reporting points and two…
, Plenary
The Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 (Amendments to Schedule 5) Regulations 2026
Diolch, Deputy Presiding Officer. The Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee considered the draft regulations yesterday, and laid its report the same day. A response from the Welsh Government is not required on this occasion. The committee’s report…
, Plenary
The Non-Domestic Rating (Artificial Avoidance Arrangements) (Local Lists) (Wales) Regulations 2026
Nothing further to add. I think the Cabinet Secretary has answered the points in his opening remarks.
, Plenary
The Non-Domestic Rating (Value of Differential Multipliers) (Wales) Regulations 2026
Diolch. The Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee considered the draft regulations last week and the Welsh Government's response yesterday. The committee's report contains six technical reporting points and three merits scrutiny reporting points…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I'm asking for a Welsh Government statement on the future of computing in Swansea University. There are currently proposals to make substantial staffing reductions in the computing department. If this goes ahead, it will affect recruitment of both staff and…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister. I welcome that statement and the actions that are being taken. How we treat animals is a sign of the type of society we are and want to be. If we allow animals to be mistreated, either by ignorance or cruelty, then it reflects badly…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
8. What action is the Welsh Government taking to improve animal welfare? OQ63810
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
A motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting. Are Members content? I see Members are content.
