, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
I'm glad to see the duty to publish a statement in the Bill on the use of retrospective powers, but it is correct to say, once you've got the powers, you could change that policy statement and you can change it without the need for Senedd approval? That's…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
No, I certainly wasn't accusing the Minister of doing that. But there could be the situation where a court has passed a judgment, you think the court was wrong or hasn't completely understood what was the intention of the Senedd, or the other argument is…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Diolch yn fawr. So, Minister, we've discussed history. I want to discuss some law now, and one of the first lessons that any law student will have at any good university—or even at a not-so-good university—is that law, generally, should always be prospective…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
I think one of your officials wants to come in.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you very much, and prynhawn da i chi, Gweinidog. Gweinidog, it's one of our key principles in the United Kingdom that it's the power of the legislator to decide on taxation, and there's a long history about this. One of the causes of the English civil…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Diolch yn fawr, Cwnsler Cyffredinol. You're quite right about the wide-ranging powers when Ministers feel that it's appropriate, but I'm sure you also remember, back to your student days, Cwnsler Cyffredinol, being taught that, generally, laws should only be…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
5. What advice did the Counsel General give to the Minister for finance on the constitutional implications of the introduction of the Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill? OQ57621
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Diolch yn fawr, Cwnsler Cyffredinol. Now, we've had the long-awaited inter-governmental relations report, which sets to build a better relationship between the UK Governments, based on principles of mutual respect and to build and maintain trust. But the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd. At the end of January, my Scottish National Party colleague, Kirsty Blackman, asked a question about post-legislative reviews within the Wales Office. In response to that question, Simon Hart, the leader of the Welsh…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you very much. Diolch yn fawr i chi, Llywydd. Counsel General, you're probably aware of Philip Rycroft's evidence this morning to the Wales select committee in the House of Commons. He described Brexit as a shock to the system, and that one of the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
2. What discussions has the Counsel General had with other UK law officers regarding the impact on Wales of the UK Government’s proposals to change the status of retained European Union law? OQ57622
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I'm asking for a debate during Government time to discuss the implications to Wales of the 'Levelling Up' paper by the UK Government. I'm sure the Trefnydd agrees with me that we've seen consecutive Westminster Governments that have been levelling down…
, 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
Yes, me too. I'd like to declare that also.
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Minister, I don't think you need to take any lectures from the Tory party about wasting money; they are experts at doing so. But, Minister, as a young legislature, with around 50 Acts on the statute book, the Senedd is in a prime position to ensure that all…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you very much, First Minister. It's good to hear the news of what is happening with the Welsh diaspora. It is a wonderful way to enhance Wales's profile across the globe. But it's a disappointment, but not a shock, to read once again that the…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
7. Will the First Minister outline the Welsh Government's plans to celebrate St David's Day? OQ57549
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Diolch yn fawr, Counsel General. And I'm sure this isn't the last time we'll discuss this review in this committee and with you. Diolch yn fawr. Thank you, Chair.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Have you started thinking what kind of engagement you, as a Government, might have with Welsh stakeholders with regard to the review?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Do you know, from now on, what level of engagement Welsh Government will have with the review?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Counsel General, has the review of retained EU law and the announcement this morning and the meeting you had on Saturday—I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall in that meeting on Saturday—hasn't that undermined the core purposes…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you, Counsel General. How content are you or how satisfied are you that these common frameworks will provide greater engagement for Welsh Government, especially when it does intersect with the new UK-EU institution framework? Are you content that this…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you very much. Counsel General, following the inter-governmental review, do you anticipate an update to the international relations concordat? If so, when? And, if so, what changes do you anticipate?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Prynhawn da, Cwnsler Cyffredinol. I wanted to ask first about Welsh Government influence over international policy in common framework areas. How much influence, in reality, will Welsh Government have?
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The UK Government's Elections Bill
When people with disabilities are disenfranchised, when ethnic minority voters are disenfranchised, when working class voters are disenfranchised, we need to be worried. That's why this Senedd and every Member should oppose this Bill and oppose any attempt to…
