, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government - UK Procurement Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum
Okay. You mentioned earlier about Welsh Government being very influential in the drafting of the Act. What about the 341 amendments? Was Welsh Government actually drafting these amendments, and how many of them did you manage to persuade them to introduce?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government - UK Procurement Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum
Has consideration been given to how that compares to the resources needed to draft a Welsh Bill? Has an analysis been done of the difference?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government - UK Procurement Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum
And except for those secondees, how many other Welsh Government officials have been working on this UK Bill?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government - UK Procurement Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum
So, in practice, what were they doing for those three days in the Cabinet Office?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government - UK Procurement Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum
You mentioned the two Welsh Government officials being seconded to the UK Cabinet Office. What level of seniority were those officials?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government - UK Procurement Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum
And with some training, they probably would be able to do that, wouldn't they? But there we are, that's another matter. But section 1 of the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 puts a duty on the Counsel General, and through that the Welsh Government, to make sure…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government - UK Procurement Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum
But the suggestion was that even in the current economic climate, even though we would say that our procurement practices would be better in Wales, that businesses would not want to work in Wales if we had a separate procurement practice here. That sounds…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government - UK Procurement Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum
Diolch, Gadeirydd. Gweinidog, your officials said earlier on that two different procurement practices within England and Wales might put businesses off working in Wales. Do you really believe that?
, Plenary
90-second Statements
I'd like to pay tribute to the late Tony Paris, who sadly passed away last week. Tony was one of the Cardiff Three, who were wrongly convicted of the tragic and violent murder of Lynette White only a few minutes' walk from this Chamber. I remember as a young…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Diolch yn fawr, Weinidog. Now, you may be aware that, last month, there were two balcony fires in the Victoria Wharf development, not far from here, in Cardiff Bay. Taylor Wimpey, the developer of that development, said over two years ago that they would be…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
2. Will the Minister provide an update on the building safety fund? OQ58400
, Plenary
Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill
We can all agree that we want the elimination of such plastic waste, but I am afraid that the path ahead of us is riddled by obstacles—riddled by man-made obstacles, Westminster-made obstacles. The infamous internal market Act—not only does that Act enable UK…
, Plenary
Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill
Thank you very much, Counsel General. We as a party welcome this statement. We've been campaigning for years to ban single-use plastics. But, since the growth in plastic's popularity in the 1960s, it has become a prominent part of our lives, from food…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Diolch yn fawr, Gweinidog. Brexit is not working for Wales. It has cost us and the UK billions in lost trade and lost tax revenue; GDP is down, investment is down and goods trade is down. With the highest inflation since the mid 1970s, with the cost-of-living…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
5. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the economic impact of Brexit on Wales? OQ58339
, Plenary
The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
You'll understand this reference. I was a bit of a doubting Thomas when it came to this policy. I've changed my mind completely. Stopping when you're driving 30 mph—six car lengths; stopping at 20 mph is three car lengths. As a father of a 20-month-old, and…
, Plenary
The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
Will you take an intervention?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Thank you very much. I want to mention an example now of something that goes the other way. In section 100(4) of the consolidation Bill, we have an example of a provision currently on the face of the planning Act 1990, but that's now being moved to a…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Thank you, Chair. Counsel General, what provisions of subordinate legislation have moved from being regulations to being on the face of this consolidation Bill?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Thank you. One other thing that I wanted to ask, Chair: it's very unlikely that this consolidation Bill is going to have a great impact on our courts and the profession in Wales, but have you been discussing with the judiciary and the legal practitioners in…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
I can see that, yes. Thank you very much, Dylan. A final question I think from me, unless something you say makes me ask another question: is there anything in the most recently announced legislative programme of the UK Government that causes you any concern…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Of course, Dylan.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Yes, I think. I just want to make it clear: what would happen if the UK Government passed an Act in a devolved area of law that is consolidated already, for example this area?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Thank you very much, Chair, and hopefully you'll be more comfortable soon. Counsel General, you're very aware of the concerns of this committee regarding the increasing use by Welsh Government of UK Bills to legislate. How do you bring that into the…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Yes.
