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Papers to note
Okay, I wondered if that was—. Okay, fab. Does anyone have any comments? Great. So, the next one is item 5.21 and this is correspondence from the Deputy Minister for Public and Preventative Health on the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (Display of Tobacco…
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Papers to note
The next one is item 5.14. This is correspondence from the Cabinet Minister for Government effectiveness regarding the legislative programme. Before we broke up, the Government announced its legislative programme and—this is important—the Cabinet Minister has…
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Papers to note
And so the next one is correspondence from the Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning. This is the Welsh Government's legislative consent memoranda on the Representation of the People Bill. We've received two letters on that. The first…
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Papers to note
That's a really good point. Does anyone else have any comments? Fab. So, are we content to note the statement for now, but we can revisit it in item 11? That's fab. So, the next one is item 5.9. This is the correspondence from the Chair of the Finance…
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Papers to note
It gives a framework.
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Papers to note
We'll go on next to the papers to note, which are just correspondence. So, these are a series of letters we've received. You would have received those in your pack. One of them is the invitation to the scrutiny session next week, where we will cover some of…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
Don't we all? Does anyone else have any other comments or observations? That's great. That was a very good point. I completely agree, but—.
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
Well, as someone with a plan 2 loan myself, I can definitely attest to that.
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
Does anyone have any comments?
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
Does anyone have any other comments or observations? No. In that case, we will move on to the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations 2026. We've had the Welsh Government response back from that. If you remember, we considered them back…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
Thank you. That's great. Does anyone have any comments or observations?
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
We can do that. Does anyone else have anything more to add? Great. In that case, we'll move on to item 4.2, which is the Education (Student Support) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026. We've received the Welsh Government response to this. If you remember…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
I'm happy with that.
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
The next one is a set of letters relating to the Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Electoral Reform) (Wales) Regulations 2026. If you remember, we considered this regulation before we went on the summer break, and we…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
It's a really good point and we should definitely raise that then. Does anyone have any other comments? In that case, are we content to agree the report, obviously provisional on—? That's great.
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
We can raise this with the Counsel General next week. If you remember, a few weeks ago, before the recess, we had that great big long paper that identified all the inaccuracies and all the spelling errors. So, this isn't something that's new, but we can…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Fab. Does anyone have any comments, thoughts or observations?
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Is everyone happy to move on to the next item? That's fab. The next one is the Building etc. (Amendment) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026. These regulations make corrections in response to reports made by our predecessor committee in the sixth Senedd on the…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Yes.
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Can we write—?
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
So, are we—? Yes, Huw.
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Yes.
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Fab. Does anyone have any comments, observations, thoughts?
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
In that case, we can move on to the School Funding, Budget Statements and Outturn Statements (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026. These regulations make provision for the funding of maintained schools in Wales, so how local authorities allocate budgets to their…
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Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
So, if we're happy, we're going to move on to item 2.1, which is the Animal Health Act 1981 (Extension of Definition of Disease) (Wales) Order 2026. This Order amends the Animal Health Act 1981 to enable swine vesicular disease to be brought within the scope…
